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As Dreamers anticipate a deportation order from the Trump administration, more anti-immigrant graffiti appears in Ann Arbor

By Mark | September 5, 2017

Donald Trump is expected to announced tomorrow that he’s decided to kill the Obama administration immigration policy known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which essentially allows those who immigrated to the United States illegally as children, to stay in the country without fear of deportation, so long as they continue to be good, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Skate Park, Ann Coulter, anti-immigrant, anti-immigration, Assisting Latinos to Maximize Achievement, Charlottesville, Concordia University, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deportation, Donald Trump, Dreamers, graffiti, immigration, impeachment, Jeff Sessions, Joe Arpaio, La Casa, Latinx, Latinx Alliance for Community Action Support and Advocacy, MAGA, nationalism, North Korea, racism, Robert Sellers, Steve King, the rock, Tim Cook, University of Michigan, white nationalism, white power | 100 Comments

Mike Pence chooses commerce over God in Indiana

By Mark | March 31, 2015

Late last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, surrounded by some of his state’s most hate-filled homophobes, signed into law a piece of legislation called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, giving those who claim religion conviction the right to withhold goods and services from individuals they find, for whatever reason, to be morally repugnant. At the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Advance America, gay corporate mafia, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, homosexual cake, Indiana, Mike Pence, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Tim Cook | 74 Comments

Local permaculture group to create communal tool shed on the grounds of Dawn Farm with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | May 11, 2014

The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation today announced the award of two $1,000 grants, one of which was given to Ypsilanti’s Jesse Tack for the establishment of a communal permaculture tool shed on the grounds of Dawn Farm, a local treatment facility for addiction. Here, with more on the project, is a quick interview with Jesse, […]

Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Food, Health, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abundant Michigan Permaculture Ypsilanti, AMPY, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, Apricot, berry rakes, Black Locust, Cherry, Chestnut, compost tea sprayers, Elderberry, farming, Goji Berry, hand saws, Hazelnut, Jesse Tack, Lilac, livestock, Mulberry, organic farming, Pawpaw, Pecan, permaculture, Persimmon, Plum, pruners, Red Osier Dogwood, restoration agriculture, scythes, Sea Buckthorn, shrubs, Siberian Pea Shrub, trees, Walnut, Willow | 6 Comments

Will self-interested corporations succeed where privacy advocates have failed, and force a roll back of online government spying?

By Mark | December 10, 2013

On Monday morning, the world’s leading online technology companies – Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and AOL – launched a coordinated campaign against online government spying. Saying that it’s, “time for the world’s governments to address the practices and laws regulating government surveillance of individuals and access to their information,” the CEOs of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged AOL, big data, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Google, internet, internet business, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Mozilla, NSA, privacy, ReformGovernmentSurveillance.com, surveillance, surveillance culture, Surveillance State, Twitter, Yahoo | 8 Comments

Guilty until proven innocent in the age of ubiquitous electronic surveillance

By Mark | June 6, 2013

Upon taking office, President Obama issued a memorandum on the subject of transparency: “My Administration,” he said, “is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency […]