Tag Archives: Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow interviews Principal Asenath Andrews on the closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy

By Mark | June 11, 2011

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy For our previous discussions on the Catherine Ferguson School for pregnant and parenting teens click here.

Posted in Detroit, Education | Also tagged Asenath Andrews, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, charter schools, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, public education, school closings | 9 Comments

Rachel Maddow on the closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy

By Mark | April 23, 2011

I was wondering why we were getting so many new comments on our thread about the Detroit public school for pregnant young women that’s being closed. Well, it looks like we got a shout out on Rachel Maddow’s website… Here’s the segment that accompanied the link. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged big government, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, forced sterilization, public education, Rick Snyder, Robert Bobb, threats to Democracy | 9 Comments

U-M study finds that death rates are 34-40% higher for construction workers in right-to-work states

By Mark | April 7, 2011

If you ever find yourself wondering why it is that Republicans have it in for folks associated with institutions of higher learning, look no further than this recent study released by Roland Zullo of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy. Here’s a clip from the study’s executive summary. […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Freedom of Information Act, labor, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, right-to-work, Roland Zullo, Scott Walker, U-M Institute for Research on Labor Employment and the Economy, union busting, unions, University of Michigan, Wisconsin, worker safety, workplace fatalities | 6 Comments

Get ready for the rollback of U.S. child labor laws… It’s starting

By Mark | April 2, 2011

As we discussed here not too long ago, Paul LePage, the new Tea Party-supported Governor of Maine, recently made national headlines for ordering the removal of a mural depicting the advances made by organized labor from his state’s Department of Labor building. The mural, among other things, includes a panel acknowledging the plight of Maine’s […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Act to Enhance Access to the Workplace for Minors, child labor, collective bargaining, Corporate Crime, David Burns, Debra Plowman, doublespeak, Jane Cunningham, labor, LD 1346, Maine, minimum wage, Missouri, murals, Paul LePage, rewriting history, threats to the middle class, union busting | 20 Comments

Rick Snyder is starting to get national attention for his ambitious plan to defund and take over Michigan cities

By Mark | March 10, 2011

Our Governor, Rick Snyder, has largely been flying under the radar these past few weeks, as what’s left of our nation’s journalists focus on the events taking place in Wisconsin, but that might be changing. Starting a few days ago with an exhaustive piece on the Daily Kos site about Snyder’s ties to The American […]