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Michael Moore on Flint and feeling the Bern

In his speech, “It Only Hurts When I Laugh” Michael Moore opened by saying “We’re living in a very strange time, politically, and in many other ways.” On Wednesday, April 6, Michael Moore spoke at Miller Auditorium in a kickoff to the Lewis Walker Institute’s 2016 Michael Moore has directed 10 documentaries and written eight …

Ta-Nehisi Coates on race and mass incarceration

Photo credit: Adam Schwallie, Western Herald In my role at the Western Herald, I occasionally have the opportunity to meet amazing people who visit Western Michigan University. This semester, Ta-Nehisi Coates visited WMU, and I had the chance to speak with him prior to his speech. He was wonderful – very humble and down-to-earth, and …