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Brennan poses with Anne Lamott's author photo on the back of a copy of Bird by Bird.

OPINION: Leave politics out of this? No thanks.

Lyndsey Brennan Opinion Writer February 10, 2021

I didn’t used to be a political person. Ten years ago, as an undergraduate in college, I idolized the author Anne Lamott for her writing about spirituality. I bristled, however, any time she veered...

OPINION: Accountability for Insurrectionists is an act of unity

Julie Mazzei Guest Opinion Writer January 19, 2021

The insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 were white supremacists acting at the behest of the President of the United States. Their Confederate flags and anti-Semitic garb make their...

Michigan Election Officials Count Ballots In Lansing

John Moore November 4, 2020

LANSING, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 03: An election worker carries absentee ballots for counting at the Lansing city clerk's office on election night on November 03, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. President Trump...

Devin Bates, sophomore public communications major, said his experiences haven't affected him directly through colorism, but believes part of racism is the education gap growing between races.

Skin tone prejudice troubles African-American heritage

Kara Taylor April 13, 2014

When Alexandria Peebles was growing up, her family and friends sometimes would tell her that she was so dark that she could have been a field hand during slavery.They would tell her not to stay out in...