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State officials and local social service groups are working together to help needy Michiganders pay their heating bills this winter. But how much…

Colum McCann's novel TransAtlantic weaves together disparate historical figures and times. Reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin says that while some sections are uneven, the book rolls over you like a wave, crashing and building upon itself.

If you want proof we need sterner ethics laws for Michigan’s elected officials, you need only consider former State Rep. Paul Opsommer, who until this…

Attica Locke was inspired to write her new novel after attending an interracial couple's wedding on a plantation. The Cutting Season tells the story of two murders set a century apart. The past, Locke says, "walks with us still."

A new study links workplace exposure to plastics to a dramatically increased risk of breast cancer.A team of researchers compared the work histories of…

Election ResultsVoters from more than 200 communities turned out yesterday for local elections. In West Michigan, the nearly $100-million-dollar Grand…

Joanna Newsom's new album, Divers, is novelistic, with recurring musical themes, memorable characters and a preoccupation with the change brought on by passing time.

We haven’t heard much about the great Detroit River bridge debate since the November election. That’s when Michigan voters overwhelmingly rejected…

Each week, I review the news with political analyst Jack Lessenberry.Today we discussed Common Core education standards, new details about some practices…

An NPR team begins a series of reports from North Africa, where last year's revolutions have Tunisia, Libya and Egypt writing new rules for their changing societies. The Revolutionary Road Trip starts with a look at how Tunisians can now express themselves — and the new restrictions that have emerged.