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Feature Story Solange Sifa researched the Pink Tax in Michigan.

How Michigan addressed period poverty by getting rid of the Tampon Tax

Solange SifaWednesday, June 19, 2024
Feature Story Vanely Bastardo Guzman talks with her peers about intimate partner violence.

Voices of Youth: Gen Z teens approach dating cautiously

Vanely Bastardo Guzman Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Feature Story Northern Strings is just one group that meets at the Kent District Library. Girl Scout troops, church groups, and historical societies keep the KDL branches busy.

No longer simply the sound of silence: Local libraries offer gathering areas for community groups

Kelsey SandersThursday, May 30, 2024
Feature Story Max Tendero and his mom, Jenn Tendero.

Published Together: Failing in public hurts. Moms can heal.

Max Tendero Friday, May 10, 2024
Feature Story The Literacy Center of West Michigan is teaching job-specific literacy at job sites to help adults improve their lives.

Grant will help bring literacy training into the workplace

Ashley KingTuesday, March 19, 2024
Feature Story Many Michigan families live below what is known as the ALICE line (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). A new grant program hopes to lift 100,000 Michigan ALICE families out of poverty in the next five years.

LEO Impact Grants will go toward helping Michigan’s struggling families

Ashley KingWednesday, February 28, 2024
Feature Story A wintery day when The Lakeshore Disability Inclusion Co-editor Lucia Rios had to roll her wheelchair in the road, because sidewalks hadn't been cleared of snow.

5 ways to support people with disabilities in the winter

Lucia RiosMonday, January 29, 2024
Feature Story Muskegon-based WINC: For All Women Veterans will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.

A safe space and sisterhood for female veterans

Shanika P. CarterFriday, January 19, 2024
Feature Story The Rapids' CEO Deborah Prato engages with local business leaders of Walker

Route 33 improves transit experience for Walker city riders

Ashley KingMonday, November 27, 2023
Feature Story Two GRIT wheelchair users pose at a local park.

All-terrain wheelchair loan program opens outdoors to more users

Paul R. KopenkoskeyTuesday, November 14, 2023
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