Back in November of 2012, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense somehow managed to bring world-renowned hip-hop provocateur Boots Riley and his band, The Coup, to Ypsilanti to play a fundraiser for Ozone House, to support their work with at-risk and marginalized LGBTQ teens. As you may recall, in my interview with Riley, recorded a day […]
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Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” hits theaters half a dozen years after telling us about it
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Uncategorized Also tagged 21 Grams, Alex Rivera, American Splendor, Atlanta, Boots Riley, community organizing, Danny Glover, Danny Goldberg, David Cross, fast food workers union, film making, foreclosure defense, hip hop, Ice Storm, indie film, Lakeith Stanfield, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Oakland, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Sandy, Occupy Wall Street, Ozone House, Patton Oswalt, police brutality, Pride Zone, rap, Sleep Dealer, Sorry to Bother You, Street Sweeper Social Club, Ted Hope, telemarketing, Terry Crews, The Coup, unions, Washtenaw Eviction and Foreclosure Defense 10 Comments
Jeff Irwin on renewed movement in the Michigan House to kill Snyder’s Emergency Manager law, Ethan Lowenstein on the value of place-based education, and the witchy music of Spelling… on episode 38 of the Saturday Six Pack
I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged Aaron Spelling, bellows, belonging, brushes with panty fame, casting spells, checks and balances, community, Craig Johnson, Detroit, dioxane, disinvestment, drone instruments, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, education spending, education theory, Educational Achievement Authority, Emergency Manager, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Flint water crisis, Gawker, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, globalization, guns in schools, Jeff Irwin, Johnny Lupinacci, lead, lead poisoning, Medicare, Name Brand Tattoo, open carry, Patrick Elkins, place-based education, pollution, public education, racism, Rick Snyder, SEMIS Coalition, shruti box, Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition, spelling, threats to public education, Victoria Weeber, water, white flight, witchy, Wonkette 11 Comments