On January 10, Michigan House Representative Peter Meijer was one of ten House Republicans to break from their party to vote to impeach former President Trump on the grounds of incitement of an insurrection. The impeachment, which was a direct result of the January 6 rally that climaxed with an assault on the Capitol, was…
Starting on his first day in office, President Biden made it clear that climate action was a top priority for his administration. On Inauguration Day Biden rejoined the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Additionally, Biden included top climate action items in his flurry of executive orders during his first week in office. Included in these…
[Disclaimer: This is full of snark, as I have read far too many COVID-related articles in preparation for it not to be.] Welcome back Hope College! I’m sure many of you were in the same state of uncertainty as I was these last few weeks, wondering whether we would start on January 25, be pushed…
Three months after the Constitutional Tribunal’s October decision to expansively ban abortions, the Polish government brought the ruling—over 200 pages long—into legal force last Wednesday. The newly implemented policy permits abortions only in cases involving rape, incest or dangerous circumstances for the mother, excluding the majority of pregnancy terminations that occur because of fetal defects….
“My mission,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the residents of the state of Michigan last Wednesday evening, “is to find common ground so we can emerge from this crisis stronger than ever.” In her third State of the State Address, Governor Whitmer urged Michiganders to focus on working together in order to “fix the damn…