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Opinion

Child passenger safety week upcoming

Editorials and columns

Keeping children safe while traveling is a top priority for parents and caregivers, and often parents seek out information regarding car seat safety. Material created for this campaign covers topics every step of the way — from purchasing the correct car seat according to a child’s weight ...

Swami can relate to athletes

Editorials and columns

Sports of any sort are supposed to be enjoyable and fun, but that statement doesn’t apply to everyone. Swami is one of the exceptions. To him, winning is everything, and if that doesn’t happen, there is no participation trophy. The All-Knowing-One does not have any stake in games that he ...

Tired of not seeing the truth

Editorials and columns

I watched the recent Presidential debate. While I was watching, someone responded to a Snapchat I shared about it and asked, “Who is winning?” My response, “I don’t know but Americans are losing.” In watching the debate, I felt many things. Sadness. Disgust. Frustration. ...

Turning data into action

Editorials and columns

On Aug. 21, as many kids headed back to school and parents bustled to work and childcare drop off, hundreds of child advocates gathered in Lansing to get the first look at the latest Kids Count in Michigan data. Each year, Kids Count in Michigan evaluates child well-being across four key ...