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.
While the community made up of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and allies have been quietly complaining behind the scenes that the community has not been visible enough during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the complaints have gone silent. They have been replaced with inspiration.
With only one line, the Democratic nominee for President has moved a large segment of the community into his corner.
“I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.”
Obama said that to an estimated crowd of 84,000 people Thursday night in Denver. And the crowd was on its feet cheering, stomping its feet and supporting the senator from Illinois.
In addition, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), one of the nation’s largest LGBT activist organizations, released a video of LGBT friends of Barack Obama, talking about their friendship with the senator. The video can be found here.
On top of the HRC video, Michelle Obama, the senator’s wife, met with LGBT delegates on Tuesday morning, and the campaign has put video of that speech up and you can view it here.
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