I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
ANN ARBOR — Taking a diplomatic stance, His Holiness the Dalai Lama reiterated his full support of the Beijing Olympics, despite calls for a boycott over Tibet, but said the record of People’s Republic of China on human rights, the environment and religious freedom continues to be a concern. Speaking with media this afternoon at the University of Michigan he said that his U.S. visit is not political and that he is here to promote inner peace in communities, families and within individuals.
“I have supported the Olympics right from the beginning, even after this very sad situation in Tibet,” he said. He added that the Beijing Olympics will be a chance for “four billion people to feel very proud” and that “we must respect their desire.”
He said that he sent a letter to Chinese Premier Hu Jin Tao last week through private channels addressing human rights concerns, but that there “was no sign of a positive response.”
He thinks that “intentionally or unintentionally” Tibetans continue to suffer a cultural genocide, as Han Chinese outnumber Tibetans two to one in traditionally Tibetan areas. As a consequence, the Tibetan minority “have to speak Chinese more than Tibetan.”
But he also stressed that Tibetans and Chinese must approach each other as brothers and sisters in order to curb violence.
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