adrienne maree brown
A post-nationalist writer, doula, activist, and Black feminist writer.
Michigan
The Incision
A progressive newsletter about cutting through the mass of data and information to find kernels of understanding and wisdom in science and medicine
$1 billion to be invested in cleaning up Great Lakes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will clean up, strengthen nearby infrastructure, and improve nearby supporting communities in 22 identified areas of concern.
Detroit is the first U.S. city getting an EV-charging road
Previously, gas-guzzling cars have been more convenient and able to travel longer distances. Now with on-the-road charging, electric vehicles will be even more convenient: you won’t even have to stop to refuel!
GM makes largest-ever investment, spending $7 billion on EV manufacturing capacity
GM is spending $7 billion to erect a new battery plant and overhaul an existing assembly plant to produce electric trucks. The move will create more than 4,000 jobs.
Ford announces $11.4 billion investment in electric vehicle manufacturing
According to Ford, the move will create 11,000 jobs and enable the company to produce more than a million electric vehicles per year.
Major Christian adoption agency in U.S. to start working with LGBTQ people
In an email sent to 1,500 staff, Bethany Christian Services’s President, Chris Palusky, said, “We will now offer services with the love and compassion of Jesus to the many types of families who exist in our world today.”
Activists gathered 500,000 signatures to force Michigan’s legislature to vote on LGBTQ civil rights
A coalition of 37 organizations have gathered 530,000 signatures to have the state legislature vote on a law that would define “sex” in state anti-discrimination legislation to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
GM commits to ending sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
GM’s CEO Mary Barra specifically announced that the company aims to be carbon neutral by 2040.
After 45 years the gray wolf has successfully been lifted off the U.S. endangered species list
Numbers of gray wolves have soared over the last four decades—from under a hundred refugees hiding out in northeastern Minnesota and Michigan’s upper peninsula to around 6,000 individuals.