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.
An African-American family in Oakland County found a burning cross in their yard, the Detroit Free Press reports: The homeowner discovered two pieces of wood, nailed together and burned near the bottom, lying near his home on the 7000 block of Cameo and called police the following day, according to Undersheriff Mike McCabe. A swatch [...]
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:
A white supremacist rally in Kalamazoo last summer was organized and attended by a paid FBI informant, Hal Turner, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Thursday.[http://www.splcenter...] Turner’s rally on Aug. 4 drew about 60 white supremacy supporters, sporting swastikas and Confederate flag motifs on their clothing. The rally cost the city of Kalamazoo more than [...]
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, whose long-shot campaign has been gaining media attention in recent days, apparently has the support of an unusual constituency — the white supremacist movement. Stormfront.org, a white supremacy web site, as well as others, such as WhiteWorldNews.com, have actively supported Paul’s bid for the presidency, including directing donors to his [...]
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