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Michigan’s obsession with disposable cannabis vapes is creating a toxic waste crisis

Cheap, single-use vape pens are flooding the market with hazardous trash that’s nearly impossible to recycle

Billboards target Wayne State’s ‘cruel’ dog experiments, urge lawmakers to take action

A new campaign has been launched in support of Queenie’s Law, bipartisan legislation named after a stray dog that was killed at WSU

Astronomicon launches in larger Ypsilanti venue

Celebrity guests for this year’s pop culture convention include Bruce Campbell, Tommy Chong, Jason Lee, and many more
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Female Gaze is on view at Playground Detroit through April 19.
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Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow hauls out a “Project 2025” prop at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Jack Quaid in Novocaine.
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A Tesla showroom at the Somerset Collection in Troy.
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Cate Blanchett in Black Bag.
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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019.
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Shula is dressed Missy Elliott in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.
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Anne Frank the Exhibition includes a replica of the secret annex where Frank’s family (and four others) hid from the Nazis.
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Michigan’s obsession with disposable cannabis vapes is creating a toxic waste crisis

By Steve Neavling

Disposable cannabis vapes like the ones above are causing serious environmental concerns.

Billboards target Wayne State’s ‘cruel’ dog experiments, urge lawmakers to take action

By Steve Neavling

Protesters gathered at Wayne State University in August 2023 to call on the school to stop inhumane experiments on dogs.

Astronomicon launches in larger Ypsilanti venue

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Bruce Campbell.

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