LANSING — The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the massive oil spill that contaminated nearly 40 miles of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan could have been avoided. More…
LANSING — The federal government has indicted an owner and a manager of a Texas-based company for allegedly conspiring to violate immigration laws. More…
LANSING — Michigan Republicans ousted long-standing National Committeemen Saul Anuzis this weekend, instead opting for a right-wing state lawmaker who has sparked controversy on numerous issues, including his attempts to eliminate funding for HIV programs.
State Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) bested former Michigan GOP Chair Anuzis in what Agema’s Tea More…
LANSING — The Westboro Baptist Church will protest a Lansing public high school and at both Michigan State University and Central Michigan University on April 23, a spokesman confirmed in a phone interview with The American Independent. More…
The Michigan Department of Community Health has launched an “internal investigation,” a department spokesperson tells The American Independent. More…
With a president who has declared the end of AIDS is in reach, Dr. Grant Colfax has a massive job in front of him. But his first interview with The American Independent has some activists challenging his take on controversial elements of the epidemic impacting an estimated 1.2 million Americans. More…
With some zip codes in the city of Detroit registering three times the national prevalence of HIV More…, city and state officials say the disease is absolutely a crisis in the city.
“We believe that any time when a disease disproportionately impacts any race, group, or community, there is a
DETROIT More… — As the city of Detroit struggles to find a way out of a massive funding crisis — one that has left parts of the city streets without cops or street lights — another crisis has been brewing.
DETROIT — U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan Friday told a White House conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender homelessness that a new federal housing rule is an “idea whose time has come.”
“Just over a month ago, I was proud to stand before the National More…
While some in the Michigan legislature are working to push through legislation that would roll back local nondiscrimination laws More…, the city of East Lansing today will recognize the 40th anniversary of the nation’s first-of-its-kind law that protected people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Lawmakers in the Maryland legislature are considering legislation which will change the state’s HIV-specific criminal law from a three-year misdemeanor to a 25-year felony. Advocates for people living with HIV say the move is ill-advised, but one sponsoring delegate says the bill is about “justice for the victims.”
Delegate C.T. More…
LANSING — Hundreds of opponents of the controversial emergency financial manager law marched to the Richard Austin Building — home of the Michigan Secretary of State — to turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures to repeal the law.
If approved, the measure will be on the 2012 ballot, and More…
The results of a weeks-long investigation of a criminal case More… in Grand Rapids, Mich., involving the state’s HIV disclosure law has resulted in state advocacy groups and public health experts calling for state health officials to investigate the case.
While opponents of marriage equality were expressing outrage More… Tuesday over the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that California’s Proposition 8 — which eliminated marriage for same-sex couples — was unconstitutional, marriage equality supporters across the country exhibited excitement and joy over the decision.
Going forward, the 2-1 decision could
