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Conspiracies and a Holocaust meme mark the dawn of Karamo's Michigan Republican Party

Conspiracies and a Holocaust meme mark the dawn of Karamo's Michigan Republican Party

MLive — Kristina Karamo, empowered by a base of far-right delegates, has a message for donors who'd like her to quiet down about the "globalist takeover" and "systemic election corruption": "That's not gonna happen."

In 'right-to-work' repeal, a big win for Democrats' biggest donors

In 'right-to-work' repeal, a big win for Democrats' biggest donors

MLive — PACs representing labor union members donated at least $5.6 million to state Democrats in the 2022 election. Legislators have introduced bills that would enable them to give even more.

Who funded Michigan campaigns? For nearly every legislator, it wasn't the folks they ran to repre...

Who funded Michigan campaigns? For nearly every legislator, it wasn't the folks they ran to repre...

MLive — A first-ever examination of Michigan legislative donations found that, of the 148 legislators currently serving in Michigan, just two raised a majority of their campaign funding in 2022 from residents within their new districts.

Michigan State board accepts president's resignation following controversial comments on Nassar s...

Michigan State board accepts president's resignation following controversial comments on Nassar s...

The Washington Post — Michigan State University trustees moved swiftly Thursday to end the fraught tenure of the school's interim president, accepting his immediate resignation, naming the school's third leader in a year and pledging to erase a campus culture that allowed a university physician to sexually abuse dozens of girls and women.

'Nazis go home!' Fights break out at Michigan State as protesters, white supremacists converge fo...

'Nazis go home!' Fights break out at Michigan State as protesters, white supremacists converge fo...

The Washington Post — EAST LANSING, Mich. - Fights broke out between white supremacists and protesters Monday as anti-fascist activists, students and community members converged in and around Michigan State University to counter a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer.

Michigan's Medical Marijuana Certification Loophole

Michigan's Medical Marijuana Certification Loophole

Michigan Information & Research Service (MIRS News) — Doctors in Michigan are able to approve anyone for a medical marijuana card, spending only a few seconds with each patient and without conducting any real evaluation. I profile one doctor who certified more than 21,000 patients in a single year, and illustrate how the state agency tasked with oversight of the system has its hands tied in enforcing the requirements of the law.

Team Snyder Not Sticking Price Tag on Flint Water Crisis

Team Snyder Not Sticking Price Tag on Flint Water Crisis

Michigan Information & Research Service (MIRS News) — An investigation which revealed that, despite the insistence by then-Governor Rick Snyder's administration that they could not quantify the cost of the Flint water crisis, in the rush to apply for federal aid in early 2016, their own officials had done just that.

Thomas urges grads to defend conservative values

Thomas urges grads to defend conservative values

Detroit News — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged graduates to live by example and defend conservative values in a "world that seems to have gone mad with political correctness," during his commencement address at Hillsdale College Saturday afternoon.

Slideshow: MSU game day drinking

Slideshow: MSU game day drinking

Bridge Magazine — My photojournalistic contributions to a visual diary of college drinking culture at Michigan State University as part of a project exploring the subject. The cover photo of the slideshow was also taken by me.

MSU's loudest survivor refuses to be silenced

MSU's loudest survivor refuses to be silenced

The State News — My 2015 profile of who was then the most visible activist against sexual assault at Michigan State University.