"The passage of right-to-work legislation in the state House and Senate may have Lansing in turmoil..."

"... but residents of Ann Arbor learned yesterday of a more immediate concern." Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burger, a staple for U of M...

"Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday..."

"... by a deeply divided federal appeals court, six years after state voters said race could not be an issue in choosing students....

At the Equine Dentist Café...

... take the scenic route home.

"Depression-era green was the enduring color scheme."

Remembering Drake's Sandwich Shops. Through the Great Depression, World War II, the Baby Boom, the Beatles, Vietnam, Watergate, disco, a...

"I don't think anything can prepare you to hear your own name referenced by a Supreme Court justice as if you are just a policy on paper."

"If I remember correctly, 'Gratz' was referenced in the very first question asked that day. Each time they mentioned my name, I...

"New York University will offer a class next semester on Occupy Wall Street (possibly two)."

The Department of Social and Cultural Analysis lists a course called "Cultures and Economies: Occupy Wall Street." Reminds me of ...

"National Merit has never been transparent about, for example, the ethnic diversity of the people who receive National Merit scholarships."

Said William Fitzsimmons, the admissions dean at Harvard , quoted in an article that reports that NYU — like at least 8 other schools — has ...

It's protest time again.

"Sit-in at Doubletree Hotel in Madison to protest lawsuit being filed by the Center for Equal Opportunity against the University of Wis...

6th Circuit says Michigan's ban on affirmative action violates Equal Protection.

"The court’s 2-to-1 ruling, which is likely to be appealed, said the voter-approved ban 'unconstitutionally alters Michigan’s polit...

"I just updated my will and trust and, with heavy heart, cut out what was a significant bequest to my alma mater, Brooklyn College."

Says Bruce Kesler. The reason: The school chose one book to give to all incoming freshman to read to give a sense of a "common experie...