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.
A 60-year-old Port Huron woman was injured during a confrontation with Israeli Defense Forces in the West Bank village of Izbet al-Tabib over the weekend.
Ahlam Mohsen, the anti-war activist accused of hitting senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin in the face with a Dutch apple pie during a constituents meeting in Big Rapids on Monday, has been charged with felony stalking and assault and remains in the Mecosta County jail where she is being held on a $250,000 [...]
Despite protests against Israel’s attacks on Gaza in several Michigan communities, Democratic Sen. Carl Levin co-sponsored a non-binding resolution last week recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas by attacking Gaza.
Detroit News editorial page editor Nolan Finley writes in his blog
Mary Hanna, operations manager of the Michigan Peace Team, a Lansing-based group which does peace work in Palestine, is worried about Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb. On Tuesday afternoon about 2:45 p.m. she was talking with Habeeb through an instant messaging client. She asked him if he was safe, to which he replied:
Brenna Cussen, 28, a member of the Lansing-based Michigan Peace Team, was detained Nov. 24 by Israeli Defense Forces, the Peace Team reports. She was held for two hours. Chris Singer, spokesman for the Michigan Peace Team, said Cussen was protesting the separation wall in Bil’in, located in the West Bank, when she was detained. [...]
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