Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

We learned yesterday that Republican SuperPACs will spend one billion dollars this election. That's on top of what Romney and the RNC were already going to spend. Billions of dollars from a handful of billionaires. With one goal: to buy an election. All thanks to the Supreme Court...

This Memorial Day weekend, we reflect upon what it really means to honor the memory of the men and women who fought for our country. We'll visit gravesites, observe moments of silence, hold parades and barbeques and celebrate the freedoms our soldiers provided -- all important gestures.

But as a...

In The Art of War, Sun Tzu said that every battle is won before it is fought. The Republican Party wants to prevent the battle from happening at all. It's very shrewd and it's totally un-American.

In November, five million eligible voters will find it harder to exercise their rights...

We've spent a lot of time talking about Super PACs and the Billionaire Boys Club. Why does this matter so much? Because it's poisoning, ruining, corrupting our democracy. I know it sounds trite -- "ruining our democracy" -- but I can find no more appropriate words.

Our...

If Maggie Hassan, a Democratic candidate for governor in New Hampshire, isn't elected, there will be zero Democratic women governors in the United States. Not one.

When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact...

Dear Mitt Romney:

There are politics, there are lies, and then there's you. You take it to a whole 'nother level.

OK, I admit that I have a particular animus toward you, as a guy that knifed us in the back when Michigan was on its knees, but you...

Earlier this week, Occupy protests erupted across the country. I'm inspired by the movement. I could smell democracy in the air last fall when young and old were peacefully standing in solidarity against income inequality. It was emblematic of the best of democracy -- ideas expressed in the public square....

What are we going to do about climate change? Across the political spectrum, people want clean energy jobs. Across the political spectrum Democrats, Independents and Republicans now see that the climate is changing. Across the political spectrum, people don't want young soldiers dying in hostile nations to protect...

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem -- one that extends beyond our ideological differences. Here's what fundamentally disturbs me about Romney's character:

It's not even that he's misstated facts, if they were just truly misstatements. Part of what really bugs me is that he's carefully...

I've had governors, senators, political strategists and reporters as guests on my Current TV show, "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" to weigh in on this question about the war on women. Last night, I heard from a teenager, and while she may not be old enough to...

When someone lives as a minority, they experience the world differently than those of us who live in the majority.

We may occupy the same physical space, but we don't occupy the same psychic space. I think it's important to look at the issue through the eyes of experience....

As a former federal prosecutor and a former attorney general, I want to talk about the Trayvon Martin story because it disturbs me as a prosecutor, and it deeply disturbs me as a mother of a teenage son. Let me say a word first as a prosecutor.

You've heard of...

Paul Ryan's budget plan was rolled out over the past few days with two slick video trailers -- Pretty unusual for a Congressional budget committee chairman. Seriously!

The videos had music and beautiful shots and lots of Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan walking down the halls of Congress. Paul...

One of the battle cries of the far right is this: 'We want to take our country back.' Maybe you dismissed that as meaning, back from the Democrats. But you notice, they don't say, 'we want to take our government back.' They say... 'our country.'

And based on the evidence...

"The Motor City" is more than just a nickname. It's who we are. It's not just a source of pride for the millions of us who know Michigan and our history. It's a source of pride for America, because vehicles across the globe are designed and built right here in...

Here we go again.

In the wake of turmoil in the Middle East and the nuclear accident in Japan, we're hearing pleas for national energy policies to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and make America energy secure. As President Obama observed today, every leader since President Nixon has...

As last week's jobs numbers reminded us, emerging from the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression isn't going to be easy. We need to be creative and daring. We need a moon shot -- a Jobs Race to the Top. The goal: create three million new jobs in three years. 
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Last century, Michigan led the automotive revolution, putting the world on wheels. This century, Michigan will lead the green industrial revolution, making wind turbines, solar panels, advanced batteries, and other technologies to power our nation's 21st-century progress. The investments from the federal Recovery Act complemented state policies we...

Livonia, Michigan. Home to over 100,000 citizens, great schools and parks, one of Michigan's best burger joints (Bates Hamburgers) -- and now home to North America's largest advanced battery plant, further solidifying Michigan's position as the advanced battery capital of the world.

Yesterday, I...

The ground shook a bit in Michigan last week, and it had nothing to do with the weather or the interesting results of a state primary election.

The speech of brand-new president of the UAW, Bob King, at the 45th annual Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing...