This is Jimmy Aldaoud. He was born 41 years ago in a Greek refugee camp to Christian parents that had fled religious prosecution in Iraq. As six months old, Aldauod and his family made their way to United States, where they have lived ever since. This past June, ICE deported Aldaoud to Iraq. They did […]
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Detroit’s Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from Detroit to Iraq, dies without access to insulin
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Andy Levin, Catholicism, Chaldean, Christian hypocrisy, Christianity, Christianity in the Middle East, deportation, diabetes, go back to where you came from, Greece, ICE, Iraq, Jimmy Aldaoud, mental illness, Michigan, paranoid schizophrenia, petty theft, racism, refugees, religious minorities, send them back, white nationalism 36 Comments
Republicans introduce bill to replace 1965 legislation that guarantees free and equitable public education for all with a national voucher program intended to kill public education as we know it
On January 23rd of this year, two weeks before billionaire turned anti-public education crusader Betsy DeVos was sworn in as Secretary of Education, Congressman Steve King of Iowa introduced HR 610, a bill which, if passed into law, would replace Lyndon Johnson’s landmark 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with something that King and […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Bible, call to action, charter schools, dismantling of public education, Education and Workforce Committee, equality, equity, ESEA, Free Appropriate Public Education, homeschool, HR 610, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Iowa, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Mike Bishop, Minneapolis Start Tribune, National School Lunch Program, Network for Public Education, Nevada, nutrition, pledge allegiance, poverty, private school, privatization, racism, religious extremism, School Choice Act, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, school vouchers, Steve King, Tim Walberg, war on poverty 17 Comments
The story of homeless EMU student Ramone Williams makes it to FOX2 Detroit
Tonight, on an all new episode of The Saturday Six Pack, I’ll be talking with EMU student Ramone Williams, the subject of a recent investigative piece on homelessness among Michigan’s college students in the online publication The Bridge. Since the story first came to light over the holidays, over $25,000 has been raised for Williams […]
Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1700 AM, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, FOX2, Magic, Ramone Williams 2 Comments