LANSING — Sparks of fear have arisen across Michigan after the Department of Homeland Security rescinded protections that barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from enforcement actions like raids at previously designated “sensitive” areas such as schools and churches. The ...
A top aide to President Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, promised the new Trump administration would launch mass deportations immediately, at “light speed.” As a candidate, Trump pitched mass deportation as a much-needed redo of a post-World War II roundup authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In other words, if popular nice-guy Eisenhower invoked mass deportation, then there is solid precedent to repeat the tactic. History gap After World War II, low wages in parts of the country combined with support for jobs for returning soldiers helped fuel political opposition to ...
ISHPEMING — Recently, a man and woman were charged with financially exploiting an 87-year-old Rochester Hills man by fraudulently gaining his legal power of attorney. Kirk Lanam of Hartland is accused by the state Attorney General’s Office of embezzling over $400,000 for himself and ...
WASHINGTON — America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation’s report card. The findings are yet another setback for U.S. ...
NEW YORK — Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a “hoax” and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration. A conservative group praised the department’s actions as “welcome news.” Over the past few years, PEN America and the American Library Association have reported thousands of bans around the country, with targeted books often containing LGBTQ+ or racial themes, from Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir, “Gender Queer,” to Angie ...
NEW YORK — A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary opened in New York City on Monday as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The exhibit at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan represents the first time the annex has been ...
