When the Michigan legislature passed the Michigan Environmental Protection Act in 1970, Joan Wolfe was enormously thankful. “I had a nervous breakdown,” Wolfe told the Greater Grand Rapids Oral History…
Written by Skyla Jewell-Hammie We are in an incredibly fragile time in our country. This past Wednesday, extreme political groups stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Their outrage comes…
Written By: Skyla Jewell-Hammie At the beginning of October, Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo was awarded the West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year by the West Michigan Sustainable Business…
Written by Skyla Jewell-Hammie This time, four years ago, the majority of voters made their way to the polls and voted in-person. Masks, disinfectant sprays, gloves, and staying six feet away…
WMEAC Board President Lin Bardwell and Mariano Avila, a producer at WGVU Public Media, had been working on a project together for months, a documentary that was a social-cultural look…
By Hope O'Dell and Gregory Manni For some background to this article, and a look at healthcare disparity and environmental injustice in Michigan, read Part 2. Sergio Cira-Reyes was frustrated.…
By Hope O'Dell and Gregory Manni For some background to this article and a brief explanation of systemic racism, read Part 1 Dr. Khan Nedd, a specialist in internal medicine…
By Hope O'Dell and Gregory Manni Sergio Cira-Reyes had seen the numbers. Black, Brown, and Indigenous people in the United States, and those in the ethnic minority, were catching COVID-19…
Written by: Nathan Murphy, Environment Michigan Energy efficiency and reducing energy waste are important steps in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and getting to 100% renewable energy. As they…
By Gregory Manni GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The nation has run out of medical masks, but an unlikely group of crafters and makers is striving to curb the shortage…
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