This year was a tough year for progressive values. The Republican-led legislature continues its attacks on workers, women’s rights, the LGBT community and Michigan’s families. Gov. Rick Snyder continues to push an agenda that caters to the wealthy and well-connected and voters reelected him after an election with historically low turnout. But, on our issues,…
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was tired. She was tired after a long day at work and tired of being treated like a second-class citizen in her own community. Without much planning, she decided to stay in her seat (yes, it was her seat) when told, not asked, to move to the back of…
How was your Thanksgiving? I know, who cares? The stores are open. The deals are hot. You have to get to the back of the store on the other side of the mall in the next ten minutes to get your hands on that thing that is so discounted that you might as well grab…
As one of Michigan’s most trusted watchdog groups, we have worked hard to hold the Snyder administration accountable for managing the contract between Aramark and the Department of Corrections. To that end, we submitted a FOIA request on September 12th asking for all documents related to the contract. It’s two-plus months later and we’re still…
It’s another Thursday and that means it’s time for us to post our old pictures so that our friends can have a chuckle and our parents can comment and tell us how cute we were. It’s also a good time to look back at the last four years. In honor of Throwback Thursday, let’s take…
Have you heard about the latest scandal from the Snyder administration? Brian Calley has been secretly skipping town, hopping on a plane and flying to Boston to attend Harvard. Each Wednesday for two years, our Lt. Governor has quietly left to go to school (never mind the fact that he’s the second in command of…
There are a lot of extreme conservatives running for office in Michigan this year. But one rises above the rest. Not for his rhetoric (we’ll leave that to the likes of Gary Glenn), not for his public positions (we’ll leave the odd ideas with Terri Lynn Land) or even for his personal conduct (cough, cough…
As you’ve heard by now, Gov. Rick Snyder’s contract with Aramark has been a disaster and is a public safety concern for Michigan residents. Despite all we know, including drug smuggling, a murder-for-hire plot and sexual romps, we still have questions that need to be answered. Dennis Muchmore and Dan Heyns discussed cancelling the $98,000…
They say that blood is thicker than water. An example of this saying was on display at Wayne State University during Sunday’s debate between Mark Schauer and Gov. Rick Snyder. I’ve spent a lot of time watching Rick Snyder interact with Michiganders. In most cases, he conducts himself as a disinterested bystander waiting for the…
Yesterday, during a town hall-style debate, Gov. Rick Snyder admitted that his policies haven’t shown positive results for Michiganders. In addition, Gov. Snyder repeated his belief that Michigan will be great in 2038. Wait, what? 2038? Like 24 years from now? That’s when things will get better? That got me thinking. What if other politicians…