I just finished Kevin Boyle’s excellent book Arc of Justice. Up next: James and Grace Lee Boggs’ Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century —–
What They’re Worth
The WaPo on some notable members of the House and Senate. Look up how much the pols are worth on Opensecrets. —–
Vote For Eugene Kang August 2
Eugene Kang is a native Ann Arbor resident who is running for Ann Arbor’s City Council from Ward 2. He is a 21-year-old University of Michigan senior. If elected, he would be the first undergraduate on the City Council in many years. He is running against a former Republican mayoral candidate Stephen Rapundalo in an […]
Paulo Freire on ‘the Word’
Not sure why I’ve been thinking about this recently. This is the first few paragraphs of chapter three of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed: As we attempt to analyze dialogue as a human phenomenon, we discover something which is the essence of dialogue itself: the word. But the word is more than just an […]
Rally for Education in Michigan
A rally in Lansing, Michigan this week that organizers had hoped to draw a few thousand people attracted over 10,000, making it the largest rally at the state capitol in at least 20 years. The rally, organized by the K-16 Coalition for Michigan’s Future, was designed to pressure the state legislature to increase funding for […]
Eugene Kang’s Platform for A2 Council
The Kang campaign just sent me a piece of literature they have been distributing in Ward 2 with a letter from Eugene and his platform for City Council. Here’s the text: EUGENE KANG FOR WARD 2: WAKE UP THE CITY COUNCIL! Dear Neighbor, My name is Eugene Kang, and I am running for Ann Arbor […]
I’m Sorry, Is this Surprising?
Cntr for Public Integrity: Traveling on the Abramoff Plan: Dozens of members of Congress have accepted trips from non-profits with registered lobbyists on their boards —–