In the wake of evidence surfacing that proves the Snyder administration knew of a connection between Flint’s water and a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease a full ten months before they took action, and Snyder’s subsequent refusal to testify before a Congressional committee as to what happened in Flint, it’s not surprising that even the […]
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Should I sign the Snyder recall petition? What are you planning to do?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Schuette, breach of duty, Brian Calley, cake, Cakegate, Candice Miller, Dick DeVos, East Detroit, Emergency Manager, executive orders, Flint, Flint water crisis, gross negligence, Koch brothers, lead, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, manslaughter, Michigan Attorney General, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, State Board of Canvassers, Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education, water 39 Comments
The campaign to get Eden Foods products off our local co-op shelves
Presently there are movements afoot, both in Ann Arbor and in Ypsilanti, to pull products by Eden Foods off the shelves of our respective food co-ops. Following is a conversation with Georgina Hickey, who is leading the charge in Ypsilanti, and Ann Rogers, who is doing the same in Ann Arbor, explaining why, in their […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ann Rogers, boycotts, Cheryl Farmer, co-ops, contraception, Dan Gillotte, Eden Foods, Georgina Hickey, GMO, Hobby Lobby, Michael Potter, National Organization for Women, NOW, old white men making decisions on women's health, People's Food Co-op, religious extremism, reproductive justice, soy, soymilk, Supreme Court, Wheatsville, women's health, Ypsi Food Co-op 70 Comments
Are Ann Arbor’s school dress codes out of date and sexist? Two high school students seem to think so.
A couple of weeks ago, Ada Banks, a sixteen year old student at Community High, and her friend Julia Hale, a sophomore at Pioneer, drafted a petition aimed at persuading the administrators of Ann Arbor’s public high schools and middle schools to reconsider their dress codes. “As students who must follow these codes,” the two […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ada Banks, Ann Arbor Public Schools, blame the victim, distraction, dress code, halter tops, high school, hot pants, Jeanice Swift, Julia Hale, porn, self-respect, sexism, sexualizing kids, shirt of shame, social media, tank tops, teen sex, teens, zero tolerance 47 Comments