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Truth & Reconciliation

Holding policymakers accountable.

  • Truth & Reconciliation

A Secret Indian From the Soo Was America’s First Winter Olympic Flag Bearer

Taffy Abel was a bruising defenseman who led the U.S. to a silver medal in Chamonix then became the first U.S.-born player in the NHL
A black and white photo of a hockey player in uniform, identified as Taffy Abel, the first Native American to carry the U.S. flag at the 1924 Winter Olympics.

A Secret Indian From the Soo Was America’s First Winter Olympic Flag Bearer

Taffy Abel was a bruising defenseman who led the U.S. to a silver medal in Chamonix then became the first U.S.-born player in the NHL
  • Truth & Reconciliation

Frederick Douglass Came to Michigan, and Only One College Would Hear Him

During the Civil War, the great abolitionist spoke all around the state against slavery and for human rights
frederick douglass

Frederick Douglass Came to Michigan, and Only One College Would Hear Him

During the Civil War, the great abolitionist spoke all around the state against slavery and for human rights
  • Truth & Reconciliation

You Think Climate Change Is Making the Weather Crazier?

A 19th-century lightkeeper’s log records a Lake Superior “hurricane” in December and a February that felt like summer
A dark, ominous-looking lighthouse tower stands against a stormy sky with clouds.

You Think Climate Change Is Making the Weather Crazier?

A 19th-century lightkeeper’s log records a Lake Superior “hurricane” in December and a February that felt like summer
  • Truth & Reconciliation

You Can Still Walk Robert Frost’s Ann Arbor

“Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” came out after a year spent here and may have been composed during a late-night campus stroll
A historic white wooden house with a covered porch, surrounded by trees on a grassy lawn, with a lamp post in the foreground. This is the Washtenaw Street house where poet Robert Frost resided during his residencies at the University of Michigan in the 1920s.

You Can Still Walk Robert Frost’s Ann Arbor

“Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” came out after a year spent here and may have been composed during a late-night campus stroll
  • Truth & Reconciliation

The Edmund Fitzgerald Isn’t Michigan’s Most Devastating Shipwreck

When the Carl D. Bradley sank in 1958, 23 men from Rogers City were lost, devastating the town
bradley ship

The Edmund Fitzgerald Isn’t Michigan’s Most Devastating Shipwreck

When the Carl D. Bradley sank in 1958, 23 men from Rogers City were lost, devastating the town
  • Truth & Reconciliation

This Little Town Was Ground Zero for Concert Disasters and Hockey Brawls in the 1970s

An oversold KISS concert became a nightmare, a Woodstock attempt ended with a tipped-over ambulance, and Frank Zappa learned about guns

This Little Town Was Ground Zero for Concert Disasters and Hockey Brawls in the 1970s

An oversold KISS concert became a nightmare, a Woodstock attempt ended with a tipped-over ambulance, and Frank Zappa learned about guns
  • Truth & Reconciliation

Chris Ilitch Retired Fedorov’s Number, But Not for the Right Reasons

I saw the Soviet defector’s unique playing style and limitless ability on the ice with my own eyes
sergei fedorov

Chris Ilitch Retired Fedorov’s Number, But Not for the Right Reasons

I saw the Soviet defector’s unique playing style and limitless ability on the ice with my own eyes
  • Truth & Reconciliation

The World’s Tallest Man Died in West Michigan

When the nearly 9-foot-tall Robert Wadlow died in 1940 at age 22, the Grand Traverse Casket Company had to make a giant steel casket
robert wadlow

The World’s Tallest Man Died in West Michigan

When the nearly 9-foot-tall Robert Wadlow died in 1940 at age 22, the Grand Traverse Casket Company had to make a giant steel casket
  • Truth & Reconciliation, Politics

The Answer to Zohran’s “Warmth of Collectivism” Sits at The Henry Ford

The Lincoln Continental in which JFK was shot reminds us that the Democrats once had a dream of “rugged individualism”
JFK limo

The Answer to Zohran’s “Warmth of Collectivism” Sits at The Henry Ford

The Lincoln Continental in which JFK was shot reminds us that the Democrats once had a dream of “rugged individualism”

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Category: Truth & Reconciliation

Holding policymakers accountable.