October 26th, 20240With the early in-person voting beginning across the state, the countdown to the November 5 elections has started, where millions of voters will head to the polls to cast their votes in dozens of local and national races, including the congressional and presidential ones.
In this report, we review the statewide races in Michigan in...
July 26th, 20240AAPAC urges Arab American voters to turn out in large numbers to make their voices heard amid the country’s turbulent political conditions
On the eve of the Aug. 6 primary election, the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) released a list of candidates its members endorsed in the U.S. Congress race, the Michigan House of...
August 9th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Voters in Dearborn Heights headed to the various polling stations to cast their votes for City Council candidates and to decide on a millage proposal in the Crestwood School District.
Incumbents Dave Abdallah, Lisa Hicks-Clayton and Ray Muscat competed for three seats, along with Jamal Bazzi, Larry Henney, Stephen...
October 15th, 20180Uber will take you to your polling place for free on Election Day.
A new button will appear in the Uber app on Nov. 6 with a function that will allow users to find their polling place and book a ride to go and vote.
These free rides will be funded by Uber and the non-profit groups #VoteTogether and Democracy Works.
September 30th, 20180DEARBORN — The League of Women Voters in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, urges voters to use resources from VOTE411.org in preparation for the general mid-term elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
VOTE411.org’s online interactive voter...
August 13th, 20180Mt. Clemens— While voters in Oakland and Wayne Counties chose to approve a millage renewal for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) through 2021 by wide margins, Macomb County voters approved the measure by just 23 votes. The final unofficial results showed the millage passed in Macomb 77,502 to...
August 12th, 20180DETROIT — Tuesday’s election brought to light a previously unknown political candidate with a questionable past, who unseated a usually popular state lawmaker.
Betty Jean Alexander, a 53-year-old Detroiter, won the race with 54.5 percent of the vote after signing a waiver saying she wouldn’t spend more than $1,000 on her...
August 10th, 20180Michigan voters set a new record of involvement this historic primary election thanks in large part to the candidacy of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Progressive Movement led by Senator Bernie Sanders, and in a twisted way thanks to President Trump and his racist rants.
Energy could be felt everywhere in this election. Rashida Tlaib’s...
August 3rd, 20180DEARBORN — Organizers at Sunday’s My Muslim Vote rally held outside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn encouraged the Muslim community to participate in local and state elections.
Nada Al-Hanooti, executive director of the Michigan chapter of Emgage, an organization that encourages Muslims to vote and was a...
April 13th, 20182Is voting for Hezbollah candidates considered material support?
DEARBORN – Some Lebanese Americans who are seeking to vote in Lebanon’s May 6 parliamentary elections for the first time are concerned that casting their ballots will label them as supporters of terrorism and lead to their facing persecution and extra...
November 17th, 20171ANN ARBOR — On November 15 at 3 a.m., a historical moment took place at the University of Michigan when the Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) passed a resolution at the Central Student Government (CSG) meeting regarding U of M's investment ties to companies involved in human rights violations.
The investigation of...
September 29th, 20170BAGHDAD/ERBIL ― Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central government to send troops to take control of vital oil fields held by Kurdish forces.
Stepping up efforts to isolate autonomous Kurdish-held northern Iraq,...
July 27th, 20170There's no shortage of threats to our democracy. Russian meddling in elections, the vulnerability of state voting systems to hacking, politicians' assaults on the media and political leaders' growing fondness for policy-making in secret — all of these pose a real challenge to our system's viability.
As worrisome as these are,...
July 14th, 20170HAMTRAMCK — As Michiganders mull over who to elect or reelect to various government positions, a town with a growing Arab American population is also preparing for the upcoming elections.
Hamtramck is facing shifting demographics, reflecting that of its neighbors, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. It's also where an unprecedented...
June 16th, 20170DEARBORN — Despite expectations from the community at large and more than 100 people in attendance, the Dearborn Board of Education did not appoint a new trustee on Monday, June 12. Instead, the board tabled the decision until the June 19 meeting at Henry Ford College.
The board recently interviewed candidates to replace...
June 9th, 20170DEARBORN — On Tuesday, June 6, The Dearborn Board of Education interviewed six candidates seeking to fill the vacancy left by former trustee Mariam Bazzi, who resigned on May 22 following her appointment by Governor Snyder as a judge in the Wayne County Circuit Court.
The new trustee will be elected by the board though a majority...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN — On Tuesday, May 16, Dearborn Heights City Councilman Tom Berry abruptly resigned.
He released a letter to the mayor, city residents, employees and his fellow City Council members, explaining his decision and sincerely expressing the honor he had in working with "loyal and hardworking people" during his tenure.
He said...
