Anna McLean

Over a decade marked by a pandemic and nationwide cuts to health care funding, Marschall S. Runge led Michigan Medicine in a historic triple-leadership position. He served as executive vice president of medical affairs and chief executive officer of Michigan Medicine starting in 2015. In 2016, he was appointed dean of the Medical School, serving […]

On Dec. 20, 2024, Marcellous Demps, a former patient-care provider at Michigan Medicine, was working the night shift when he slipped and fell in a dimly lit, wet hallway while carrying a 150-pound portable scale. He seriously injured his leg in the process, reporting severe pain and an inability to walk.  Following a 40-day paid […]

FBI inquiry into Heidi Poscher’s alleged attempt to influence a former City Councilmember. Poscher has since become a large donor in Ann Arbor politics.

Anger, I now realize, isn’t the enemy or something to fear — it’s the fuel. It’s what keeps me, keeps us, questioning, showing up and demanding better.

As I weaved through the verses, I felt myself steadying on stage, anticipating the next line and delivering it with just the right amount of gusto.

There’s something oddly calming about being an observer. We are removed from the action but still tethered to it by an invisible thread.

Pigeons: we know them, but do we love them? Historically, yes. Currently, no. 21st century, pigeons are colloquially referred to as “the rats of the sky.”

​​It’s no less than 85 degrees out, and the trail I’m running on offers a wonderfully scenic view of a man-made lake, but, unfortunately, there is very little shade. I have a playlist titled “RUN TO TSWIFT” blaring through my AirPods, but I can still hear the phantom slap of my dirty Hokas against the […]

Modern contraception begins and ends with suffering. Since the creation of modern gynecology and, therefore, contraception, women — primarily Black women — have suffered and continue to suffer in the wake of its advancement. While a wide variety of birth control options are now legal and available to the public in the 21st century, the […]

If you had asked me at any point before approximately two weeks ago what I thought of my hometown, I would have given you a 10-minute spiel on how I would never return to that god-forsaken place. But, as I stood in my driveway at 3 a.m. two Tuesdays ago amidst the brisk, 60-degree air […]

Writing is, at its core, a way to connect the human race; people find comfort in seeing themselves reflected in the pages, blogs and poetry they read.

I am not a writer. I am not an artist. And I am most certainly not a creative. these were the things I whispered to myself.

The patriarchal standard for what “beauty” looks like defined the way I grew up. It stole my youth, and it will steal other girls' youth as well.

Growing up and hearing the romantic story of my parents’ happy union gave me the idea that ‘Mrs.’ is a title I should strive for.