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Modern-day segregation: How vouchers keep the poor out of rich neighborhoods (The Ann Arbor News)

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI — Courtney Vesey’s 30th birthday dinner was leftovers she pulled from the fridge and ate standing alone at the kitchen counter. There was no cake. She spent the quiet mid-December evening with her boyfriend, Mike Ponds, and her four kids. Romeiro, 12, Marcquise, 11, and Ramone, 8, watched cartoons in the backContinue reading “Modern-day segregation: How vouchers keep the poor out of rich neighborhoods (The Ann Arbor News)”

LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith (MLive)

The pastor’s booming voice filled the Spring Arbor University chapel as he grew more passionate, testifying to students about the power of prayer. “I don’t have the time to tell you the history of those who have come to our church transgender and given their heart to God and changed,” the visiting pastor said duringContinue reading “LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith (MLive)”

Dying for success: Anxiety driving teen suicide rate to record high (The Ann Arbor News)

By Lauren Slagter and Martin Slagter ANN ARBOR, MI – With tears streaming down her cheeks, Elise Boyd crept down the hall to kiss her brother goodbye in his bed, knowing that in a few minutes she would swallow enough pills to kill herself. Her plan was in place for weeks. The 14-year-old had storedContinue reading “Dying for success: Anxiety driving teen suicide rate to record high (The Ann Arbor News)”

Ypsilanti’s football season ends, but school-of-choice battle continues (The Ann Arbor News)

YPSILANTI, MI – The Ypsilanti Community High School football team found itself in unpleasantly familiar territory on Friday, Oct. 21, down 30-0 against Pioneer High School at halftime. The team didn’t lead many games in its 2016 season, which ended 2-6. For whatever reason, the Grizzlies didn’t turn up the intensity until they had to come fromContinue reading “Ypsilanti’s football season ends, but school-of-choice battle continues (The Ann Arbor News)”

Undocumented Ypsilanti valedictorian: ‘I want a bright future’ (The Ann Arbor News)

YPSILANTI, MI — Diana was one face in a sea of black-and-gold gowns and caps gathered for Ypsilanti Community High School’s commencement ceremony the evening of Tuesday, June 7. Diana, the Class of 2016’s valedictorian for Ypsilanti’s STEMM Middle College, draped honors cords, an Upward Bound stole and more than half a dozen medals fromContinue reading “Undocumented Ypsilanti valedictorian: ‘I want a bright future’ (The Ann Arbor News)”

‘We have to tell this story,’ says father of transgender child (The Ann Arbor News)

ANN ARBOR – Jacq Kai Tchoryk and Sydney Tchoryk giggled Saturday as they chased each other around the sunny backyard of their family’s home in a well-kept cul-de-sac northwest of Ann Arbor. Their father, Pete Tchoryk, emerged from the house late that afternoon with an aluminum bat and bag of baseballs. Sydney, 10, turned cartwheelsContinue reading “‘We have to tell this story,’ says father of transgender child (The Ann Arbor News)”

Garden Square residents speak out about living in public housing (Kokomo Tribune)

This is the first installment in a series that took first place for best community service in the 2016 Hoosier State Press Association and received Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.’s best public service award of 2016.