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Lebanon is suffering from environmental devastation. With activists alleging the government is failing to regulate the polluters, some Lebanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands.

The Supreme Court handed a victory to the maker of the popular weed killer Roundup and made it harder for people to sue over potentially harmful pesticides.

Michigan officials are working to get everyone on the same page as we hit the two-week mark before the election. Colin Jackson has more.

The art scene in Ypsilanti’s downtown area is growing with galleries, performance venues, and artists exploring a variety of mediums. It is a growth that has captured the attention of many budding artists. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran will explore Ypsi’s growth in culture and the arts with Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale, along with Liz Warren and Grey Grant from Ypsilanti's Riverside Arts Center.

What is your favorite movie of the year? As 2022 winds down, the awards season steam is picking up. WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Theater cinema programming manager, Nick Alderink, discuss the favorites and dive into new film openings and some screenings available to you.

While many newspapers are outsourcing their printing, or going online-only, a small daily in Saranac Lake, New York, is still running its own presses and has no plans to change the tradition.

Nebraska's Medicaid director, in an exclusive interview with nonprofit news organization Tradeoffs, said roughly 200 people will lose health coverage on Aug. 1.

Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.

Policing in our community and across the nation remains under scrutiny, and reforms are being called for at every level of government. There are a good number of different approaches to re-imagining public safety. Dr. Lisa Jackson is working toward that end as chair of the Ann Arbor Independent Community Oversight Commission, a member of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, and co-founder of the Coalition for Re-Envisioning Our Safety. She joined WEMU's David Fair to share her perspective.

“Always look up” they say, but in Ann Arbor, you should always LOOK DOWN, so you don’t miss a chance encounter with Nadine the Mouse or another of artist David Zinn’s familiar characters who turn sidewalk imperfections into art. David Zinn's new book, "Chance Encounters," launches this month. He stops in for a catch-up with Deb Polich of Creative Washtenaw and host of "creative:impact."