The following story, regarding a student protest at Detroit’s Frederick Douglass Academy, which resulted in the suspension of 50 students on Thursday, ran yesterday on FOX 2 News. When asked by the Detroit Free Press why he was marching in front of the school, senior Tevin Hill said, “Right now, I’m not going to be […]
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50 Detroit high school students suspended for having the audacity to demand “An Education”
Posted in Detroit, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged call to action, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, dismantling of public education, domestic terrorism, Frederick Douglass Academy, Hutaree, prison industrial complex, public education, racism, sedition, tax the rich, Tevin Hill, trends in American education 16 Comments
Robert Reich: “There should be a surtax on the super rich”
It’s nothing we haven’t discussed here at least a hundred times before, but it’s always nice to happen across a new, persuasive article on the subject of America’s super-rich, and how critical it is that we begin taxing them at a level befitting a first world nation… It would be nice, though, if it wasn’t […]
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged Anne Alstott, Bruce Ackerman, Buffett Rule, food stamps, Heartland Alliance, hunger in America, Mitt Romney, poverty, RIck Santorum, Robert Reich, Sid Mohn, Social Darwinism, tax the rich, Warren Buffett, Yale 23 Comments
What kind of country do we want to live in?
The most recent episode of This American Life is all about “the battle between proponents of small government and those fighting to maintain public services.” I thought that you might want to pop open a can of beer and listen along with me. On the bright side, taxes on the rich are lower now than […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, competing visions for the future of America, Grover Norquist, income disparity, Koch brothers, revolution, stability, tax the rich, the future of America, This American Life, we need a revolution, why don't the rich see the big picture 35 Comments