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Truth & Reconciliation

Holding policymakers accountable.

  • Truth & Reconciliation

Why Sojourner Truth Became a Michigander

The famous abolitionist came to Battle Creek in 1856 and stayed here for the rest of her life
sojourner truth

Why Sojourner Truth Became a Michigander

The famous abolitionist came to Battle Creek in 1856 and stayed here for the rest of her life
  • Truth & Reconciliation

Detroit’s RoboCop Statue Should Be Downtown

We’re glad to have something standing at Eastern Market, but we should put this statue in Campus Martius as a symbol of law and order
robocop statue

Detroit’s RoboCop Statue Should Be Downtown

We’re glad to have something standing at Eastern Market, but we should put this statue in Campus Martius as a symbol of law and order
  • Truth & Reconciliation, Politics

Liberals Are Trying to Tear Down a Statue of Michigan’s Most Famous General

A statue in Monroe honors Gen. Custer’s bravery at Gettysburg, but local activists can’t forgive his actions during the Indian Wars
custer statue

Liberals Are Trying to Tear Down a Statue of Michigan’s Most Famous General

A statue in Monroe honors Gen. Custer’s bravery at Gettysburg, but local activists can’t forgive his actions during the Indian Wars
  • Truth & Reconciliation

Unclogging Drummond’s Nostril Was Once the Pistons’ Great Hope

The lowly Pistons of the 2010s once celebrated all offseason that their best player could actually breathe through his nose
andre drummond

Unclogging Drummond’s Nostril Was Once the Pistons’ Great Hope

The lowly Pistons of the 2010s once celebrated all offseason that their best player could actually breathe through his nose
  • 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

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Category: Truth & Reconciliation

Holding policymakers accountable.