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Versions of the story of Bre'r Rabbit outwitting Bre'r Fox exist around the world. At heart, a new book argues, they're really about who controls access to food and subverting the powers that be.

UPDATE:A number of Michigan politicians are responding to the news of Rep. Dale Kildee's retirement.Here's the response from Mayor Dayne Walling of…

President Donald Trump recently declared America's opioid crisis a “national emergency."Prescription opioids are prescribed for pain, but the medications…

State officials are accepting more feedback on proposed new statewide standards for more than 300 environmental contaminants, including dioxane. The last…

Lake whitefish are the most important commercial fish species in Michigan.But in the last decade, state biologists say fishers are harvesting about a…

The Next IdeaYou may have missed it, but last summer Walmart got into some hot water with the Federal Trade Commission for its"Made in the U.S.A.”…

Some of the five mass extinctions Earth experienced in the past were driven by climate changes. Future Earth will be just fine. It's us humans we need to worry about, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

NPR's top political stories of the year ranged from how incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi would run the House to Robert Mueller's Russia report and the Green New Deal.

Governor Rick Snyder is expected to call for spending $15 million to improve police departments in some of Michigan’s most dangerous cities. The governor…

Started by the Santa Teresa rum-maker, Project Alcatraz is a rehabilitation program including vocational training, psychological counseling and rugby — seen as nurturing respect and discipline.