Abortion Rights

Lapointe: Reflections on Opening Day

Could all four Detroit teams get good at the same time?

Michigan’s obsession with disposable 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

Grey Ghost’s ‘Little Ghost’ to open this summer in Ferndale

The Detroit restaurant says it hopes to open even more locations
Image: Planned Parenthood of Michigan to close clinics, cut staff amid funding threats
The nonprofit health organization says it will reduce staffing by 10%
By Steve Neavling
Demonstrators rally against Project 2025 in Manhattan’s Times Square.
By Joe Lapointe
The Hyde Amendment has denied reproductive freedom and access, particularly to low-income and patients of color who are already facing tremendous social and economic injustice, our guest columnist writes.
By Dr. Meera
Image: The court can’t stop abortion pills
By Jex Blackmore
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs legislation repealing Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban.
By Joe Lapointe
Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) participates in a panel discussion with House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit), Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Porter Twp.) and House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) at the Mackinac Policy Conference on June 1, 2023.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Our health care institutions and public policy have led to a Black maternal mortality rate that is three times higher than their white counterparts and an infant mortality rate that is twice as high.
By Paula Thornton Greear, Michigan Advance
Should Thomas resign — or should Congress expand the Court — Obama would be one of the logical candidates under a second term of President Joe Biden.
By Joe Lapointe
Image: Tlaib, reproductive rights advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court reform amid ethics scandals
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs legislation repealing Michigan's 1931 abortion ban.
By Alex Washington
Image: ‘Roe v. Wade’ at 50: A look back at the fight for abortion rights in Michigan and nationwide
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Abortion was on the ballot in 2022.
By Abdul El-Sayed
Image: Abortion rights activists celebrate Michigan’s Proposal 3, a ‘historic victory’ (2)
By Alex Washington
Image: Banning abortion affects women’s economic well-being, according to Michigan study
By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Image: Michigan Catholics fight Proposal 3 with falsehoods
By Michael Betzold
More Abortion Rights

Lapointe: Reflections on Opening Day

By Joe Lapointe

On Opening Day, your parking space can cost more than your game ticket.

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

By Steve Neavling

The group Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior launched a pilot program to collect discarded nicotine vapes.

Grey Ghost’s ‘Little Ghost’ to open this summer in Ferndale

By Lee DeVito

Image: Grey Ghost’s ‘Little Ghost’ to open this summer in Ferndale

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