Daily Archives: February 9, 2015

National Media Problem of Racial Biases Comes to Lansing

press releaseBy Progress Michigan February 9, 2015 Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 9, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org National Media Problem of Racial Biases Comes to Lansing Prominent Lansing radio host excuses murder with stereotypes in East Lansing shooting death LANSING — Recently, Lansing radio host Tim Barron, who emcees a morning radio program on WLMI 92.9, used…

Don’t Call it the “Robertson Economy”

BlogBy Hugh Madden February 9, 2015 Leave a comment

By now, I’m sure you’ve read the story of James Robertson. If not, I’ll give the quick recap: We live in a time and place where we value wealth over work and spend more money building stadiums than building efficient transit systems. We live in a time and place where insurance companies have an oversized…