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Deliverance: Why Liberals Need to Read Pravda and Politico.com

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 23, 2013 0

by Warren Liverance MY NOT-SO-benevolent editor and I had a chat about how and where we get our news and information. We agreed that the way we access the written word has changed radically over the past decade. So, I decided to devote a…

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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.…

In Michigan 1.8 Million Don’t Have Enough Food. Senate/House Republicans Vote To Toss 16K Families & 25-30K Kids Off Public Assistance.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 27, 2011 2

by P.D. Lesko In July, all of Michigan's Republican Senators voted to put a 48-month time limit on public assistance. The same Bill passed the Michigan House on August 24, 2011. If Governor Rick Snyder signs it, on October 1, 2011, an…

Savaged: Thousands Rally at the State Capitol Building, Detroit Newspapers Decide it’s Not “News”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 26, 2011 44

by Chris Savage On Saturday, May 21st, 2011, at least 6,000 people gathered on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol building to protest Governor Rick Snyder's budget proposal which slashes nearly $1 billion from education funding in our state.…