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.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its annual listing of hate groups on Tuesday and the list shows a significant increase in the number of groups so identified, including in Michigan.
The Associated Press is reporting that a website featuring the writings of an 89-year-old suspect in Wednesday’s fatal shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., is run by a man from West Michigan. The website, www.holywesternempire.org, was taken down on Wednesday. It is registered to Steve Reimink, 45, who lives near Grand [...]
Blogging for Michigan reports on a relatively new white supremacist group operating in Michigan. White Pride Michigan seems to be most active on the west side of the state, particularly the Grand Rapids area. They’ve recently been distributing fliers around the Grand Rapids Community College campus that say:
The number of organizations characterized as “hate groups” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has increased nearly 50 percent since 2000, an increase it attributes partly to the debate over immigration. That’s one of the latest findings by the Birmingham, Ala.-based SPLC, an international nonprofit legal organization devoted to civil rights. Its annual Hatewatch [...]
The Southern Poverty Law Center has released an in-depth report about Young Americans for Freedom, Michigan State University. SPLC, a leading authority on “hate groups”, publishes the Intelligence Report quarterly. The publication is sent to over 50,000 law enforcement officials across the nation, including the FBI. SPLC listed YAF MSU as a “hate group” in [...]
[COMMENTARY] Michigan State University is in the middle of a difficult community debate about the difference between free speech and hate speech. And more important, should hate speech be protected speech. The university has had to confront this debate head-on because the MSU chapter of the conservative Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) has sponsored talks [...]
EAST LANSING — With a heavy police presence and tight security Chris Simcox of the controversial Minutemen Civilian Defense Corps, an anti-immigration group, spoke to about 25 supporters Tuesday on the Michigan State University campus. At least 15 officers were on duty at Conrad Hall and a dozen MSU officials were also present for the [...]
EAST LANSING– The fallout from the appearance of controversial British National Party leader Nick Griffin at Michigan State University on Friday, Oct. 26 continues. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver a lecture on the dangers of radical Islam but protesters demanded he answer questions. In a two-hour cantankerous give and take with more than 75 [...]
EAST LANSING — The Young Americans for Freedom at Michigan State University will host a speech by Nick Griffin, the head of the British National Party on October 26 at 7 p.m. according to press release on their website. No location for the speech has been announced. The British National Party has drawn fire for [...]
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