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Occupy Wall Street

At the University of Michigan Hospital, Top Administrators’ Salaries Skyrockets

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2012 1

REPUBLICANS, TEA PARTIERS and malcontents have blamed Obamacare for the rise in health insurance premiums. Republicans in Washington complain that Obamacare will result in soaring costs for health care providers. Progressive Washington DC…

Culture Vulture: IN TIME—A Movie Metaphor for the OWS Movement

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 25, 2011 0

by Nick Leshi The new science fiction movie "In Time" opened and I had high hopes. It was written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the guy responsible for "Gattaca," one of my favorites, and it stars the multi-talented Justin Timberlake who…

Savaged: Brad Langerak Gives the 99% in Michigan A Digital Soapbox

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 4, 2011 2

By Chris Savage It's hard to view any sort of media at all these days without finding reference to the Occupy Wall Street movement. With its made-for-viral-media meme "We are the 99%", this movement is one that's beginning to resonate…

Occupy Colleges Plans National Teach-in to Support Occupy Wall Street: No Michigan Colleges Participating

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 25, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko After successful October 13 Student Solidarity Protests around the country, including on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan, Occupy Colleges plans nationwide Teach-ins at colleges and universities. You can…

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A Descent Into The Maelström: Teachers, Politics & The Classroom

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 19, 2011 1

A2PNotes: Ann Arbor is home to some 16,000 public school students. Those students are parented by tens of thousands of women and men who haven't a clue about what their kids really do at school all day, not because they don't want to know.…

Michigan Protest Web Site Launches: “Put A Face to The 99 Percent.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 14, 2011 1

In Michigan, the economic collapse caused in good part by Wall Street greed continues to cause suffering for unemployed workers and struggling families, while the top 1% are doing better than any time in history.—from…