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Soon enough, a Flock camera will be on top of your neighbor’s house, looking into your yard, watching your family, your dog, your friends. Oh, wait, you totally think I’m talking about a new home surveillance device. Nope. Some type of…
On June 30 th , the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Barbara that President Trump’s January 2025 executive order on birthright citizenship can’t stand. The Order would have denied citizenship to children born in the United States to parents…
In recent years, there has been a noticeable rise in the amount of political conspiracies among Generation Z. Whether it’s the resurfacing of the old or the peddling of new ones, social media has changed the way Gen Z interacts with…
Retired Lieutenant General and former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster delivered a stark warning about the dangers of American complacency during the 7th Annual Vandenberg Lecture at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford…
The University of Michigan recently hosted Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for a major event at the Michigan Union. Co-sponsored by the Weiner Diplomacy Center and the Ford School of Public Policy, the conversation drew a…
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Marijuana emits the aroma of potential, but trouble lies ahead for Michigan producers. While the legal distribution of the drug remains popular in social and political landscapes, its macroeconomic fortunes are worsening. It’s…
The city of Dearborn, Michigan, just put up new road signs named after Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News, along Warren Avenue. Not all residents appreciated the gesture. This was made evident during a September 9th city…
Charles James Kirk, only 31, was taken prematurely by an assassin's bullet this September 10th, 2025. He is survived by his wife, Erika, two young children, and the fruits of his grassroots movement. While the killer and their motive…
While you may have heard about the change in presidents over the summer, I wouldn’t blame you if you missed the craziest, arguably most important story of the season. In early June, news broke that two Chinese researchers at the University…
No, you’re not crazy. If you’re a returning student, you may have noticed that the president of the University of Michigan (UM) is not the same man we had in April. In fact, the office is technically vacant—interim President Domenico…
Much like how things often operate in the political sphere, once one election cycle is over, we immediately shift to the next. The 2026 midterms have already received substantial attention, and for good reason. Currently, Republicans hold…
American trust in traditional media is at an all-time low. As public support for mainstream journalism has fallen from 72 percent in 1976 to just 31 percent in 2024, major news organizations face shrinking audiences, falling profit…
“How can we survive as a democratic nation?” This is the question posed by Dr. Amnon Cavari during his April 7th seminar at the University of Michigan. Dr Cavari is the head of the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility at the Lauder…
On January 28th, Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) announced that he would not seek a third term in the United States Senate. Before his time as a congressman and U.S. senator, Peters served in the U.S. Navy Reserve before working as a city…
It was the French philosopher Voltaire who said, “History is the study of all the world’s crime.” To not understand the crimes of history will doom us to repeat them. Taking REEES 405.001, which focuses on the history of genocide in…
While visiting the Ford School of Public Policy, Former Mayors Lori Lightfoot and Jenny Durkan gave their advice to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass while criticizing L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley . The two mayors were speaking on…
