Photo of the Week: Native Plants at Belle Isle State Park

A blue and white horizontal banner with the words Protect the Plants, Please stay on the path, Native plants at work, with the blue water of the Detroit River in the background along with several tall brick buildings on the far side of the river.

When I went birding at Belle Isle State Park this weekend, I found black fabric lining the shoreline as a type of fence around a majority of the park.

I didn’t know what it was, so I stopped at the Nature Center to ask the staff.

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Senator Cory Booker’s Record-Setting Speech at the U.S. Senate

Senator Cory Booker stands behind the podium at the US Senate, dressed in a dark suit, expressing himself with his hands as he finished the last three minutes of his speech.

An almost 70-year-old record was broken yesterday in the U.S. Senate when New Jersey Senator Cory Booker spent more than a full day speaking about the threats to democracy and US citizens from the Trump administration.

For 25 hours and five minutes, Booker stood on the US Senate floor (no bathroom breaks) and spoke about democracy, rights, and the rule of law.

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