The Fight for Flint Schools
May 17, 2017
Given everything that Flint has been through in recent years, the last thing we want to do is beat up on the city’s challenged school district. While some critics may suggest otherwise, the legal...
What's Next for Flint?
April 24, 2017
A newly announced plan to permanently keep Flint on the Detroit-based regional water system has both sparked hope and raised important questions.
And if the six arrests for disorderly conduct made...
Remembering Rolland O'Hare: 1925-2017
April 19, 2017
Photo: Detroit Walk to Freedom, June 23, 1963. Rolland O'Hare photographed far left with his young daughter on his shoulders.
A longtime advocate for civil rights and social justice, Rolland “...
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Free Speech
Tunnel Vision: A Deep Dive Into the Source of Flint's Water Crisis
April 18, 2017
This story first published on the Detroit Metro Times.
On Wednesday, as this story was going to press, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver unexpectedly announced support for a plan to permanently stay with the...
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Flint Water Crisis
In Defense of Public Education
March 27, 2017
Michigan public education is being eroded – through the advancement of for-profit charter schools, by way of threats of school closures, and now with the diversion of public school funding to private...
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Student Rights
Kaplan: Title IX and Trans Students in the Trump Era
February 27, 2017
Shameful. Political pandering. Heartless. Cowardly. A terrible message to send to some of our most vulnerable youth.
All of these are appropriate responses to the Trump Administration’s recent...