Here at Groundcover News and Michigan in Color, we believe our missions are intertwined. The fight for abolition cannot be separated from the realities of racism and the stark “pileup of inequities” experienced by working class and oppressed peoples. We are committed to publishing work that challenges traditional ways of knowing — and no, that doesn’t just mean we identify as “alternative” media.
Groundcover and MiC stand in solidarity with each other and proudly present this special collaborative edition.
From the joint desk of Michigan in Color and Groundcover News
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. One might think that a community street newspaper like Groundcover News is entirely different from Michigan in Color at The Michigan Daily, the long-standing student-run newspaper of the University of Michigan. But these two publications that seem disparate from the outside have…
Movie night
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. I don’t wish I had never been homeless. How else would I have discovered my…
My struggle with education
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. Throughout my life, I struggled with school. I got my education through the Ann Arbor…
Examining Ann Arbor’s hostile and hospitality architecture
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. If you’ve ever taken a long walk through Ann Arbor, you might note that for…
Trotter Multicultural Center: the legacy of Black student activists and their vision for a multiracial University of Michigan
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. This article is a reprint and originally appeared in Groundcover News in Issue 5, Volume…
Pass the MiC Podcast: Sit down with Groundcover News
This podcast episode is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. This episode of Pass the MiC is a special collaboration with Groundcover, a non-profit…
The unexpected valentine
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. Truth or Lies is an original column written by Felicia Wilbert. Every short story published…
Stop ignoring homeless people on State Street
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. If you ever find yourself at the University of Michigan, chances are you’ll take a…
The racialization of Washtenaw County’s unhoused population
This article is part of a special collaboration between Michigan in Color and Groundcover News. Read the rest of the joint issue here. In the last decade, scholars across academia have begun to investigate the phenomenon of homelessness…
This collaboration was edited by Lindsay Calka and Jessica Kwon. Special thanks to MiC contributions editor Anchal Malh.