Since this past November, when I interviewed the mother of Josie Ramon, the 12 year old Royal Oak Middle School student who taped classmates chanting “Build the wall” at her and other Hispanic students, I occasionally get notes from people, asking that I help get the word out about similar things taking place within Michigan’s […]
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5th grade charter school teacher Mika Yamamoto, fired from Michigan’s Renaissance Public School Academy, where she was the only teacher of color, claims she was told by her principal, “The community is not ready for your voice.”
Posted in Education, Michigan Also tagged accusations of racism, Beloved, Betsy DeVos, Central Michigan University, Charter School Partners, charter schools, Children’s Protective Services, dismantling of public education, domestic violence, Donald Trump, Elie Wiesel, First Amendment, for-profit charter schools, getting fired, horror, insider dealing, John Engler, John Engler Center for Charter Schools, lawsuits, Los Angeles, Mary Kay Shields, Mika Yamamoto, Mt. Pleasant, oppression, public education, racism, Renaissance Public School Academy, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance, threats to public education, Toni Morrison 149 Comments
Ode to a coal mining teabagger
Sometimes, when the Libertarians here on the site go off on a tirade about the evils of government regulation, and how the world would be a much better place if only we’d only trust in the power of unfettered Capitalism, I like to remind folks that there was a time not too long ago in […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment Also tagged Ayn Rand, Brian Ross, Chamber of Commerce, coal, coal mining, Don Blankenship, free market parables, Friends of America Rally, global warming denial, greeniacs, Hank Williams Jr, Harman Mining Corporation, Labor Day, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, mining, mountain top removal, Nightline, Sean Hannity, strip mining, sulfur dioxide, tea party, teabaggery, Ted Nugent, Upper Big Branch South Mine, West Virginia, Whitesville 46 Comments