Today was fucked up. I found out that a friend of mine, a nurse in Detroit, died from COVID-19. We hadn’t seen each other in quite a long time, but I thought about her often. About a week ago, I found myself logging into Facebook, just to see if she was OK. Knowing that she […]
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Donald Trump, claiming to have “total authority,” says the American economy will reopen when he decides
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, anti-science, authoritarianism, California, Constitution, coronavirus, COVID-19, Detroit, Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Joe Biden, Justin Amash, Lansing, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, NFL, nurses, personal protective equipment, Phil Murphy, PPE, protests, public health, serology tests, social distancing, states rights, those anti-science Republicans 109 Comments
Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid oversight?
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our traditional, neighborhood public schools, while, at the same time, clearing the way for unaccountable for-profit charter schools to move in. While I don’t hold out […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ALEC, Arne Duncan, Bill Moyers, Casandra Ulbrich, charter schools, corporate money, Detroit Public Schools, Diane Ravitch, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, Florida, for-profit charter schools, GLEP, Great Lakes Education Project, hedge funds, John Engler, Michigan Board of Education, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, money in politics, Netflix, no child left behind, oversight, privatization, public education, Reed Hastings, schools of choice, teachers union, threats to Democracy 58 Comments