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Progress Michigan: Why feminists aren’t rooting for Bristol

Progress Michigan: Why feminists aren’t rooting for Bristol

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on September 22, 2010

Not your typical struggling single mom.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Progress Michigan | Tagged angela vasquez-giroux wittrock, bristol palin, dancing with the stars, feminism, feminist, Progress Michigan | 2 Responses

Progress Michigan: We need to educate our children for a global economy

Progress Michigan: We need to educate our children for a global economy

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on September 10, 2010

East Lansing High is now without a regular math teacher – would grads Larry Page of Google & poll analyst Nate Silver make it today?

Posted in Community & Opinion, News, Progress Michigan | Tagged education, Google, larry page, michiganm east lansing high, nate silver, Progress Michigan | 1 Response

Progress Michigan: Sorry, Right-Wingers, you can’t claim baseball

Progress Michigan: Sorry, Right-Wingers, you can’t claim baseball

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on September 4, 2010

Baseball fan Angela argues that if you declare Ground Zero a battleground, you can’t claim baseball as yours.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Food, Progress Michigan | Tagged baseball, conservatives, Glenn Beck, ground zero, Progress Michigan | Leave a response

Progress Michigan: How to be popular

Progress Michigan: How to be popular

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on July 21, 2010

Dems pull ahead in Gallup poll? Was it the GOP refusal to pass unenjoyment?

Posted in Community & Opinion, Progress Michigan | Tagged gallup poll, Progress Michigan, unemployment benefits | Leave a response

NEWS FLASH: Tax cuts for the rich are spending increases

NEWS FLASH: Tax cuts for the rich are spending increases

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on July 14, 2010

In GOP-land, the Bush tax cuts for the rich must be preserved but unemployment for folks like us merely add to the deficit.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Progress Michigan | Tagged Progress Michigan, unemployment benefits | 1 Response

Progress Michigan: Quick hits

Progress Michigan: Quick hits

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on June 28, 2010

Where in the world is Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox? He’s on his world tour — er, getting in touch with his constituents across the state in a way that has nothing to do with elections. Ahem. But he did weigh in recently on a case in Chicago. Per the Cox Facebook page: Mike Cox Great [...]

Posted in News | Tagged british petroleum, Mike Cox, pete hoekstra, Progress Michigan | Leave a response

Progress Michigan: Being Nolan Finley

Progress Michigan: Being Nolan Finley

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on June 22, 2010

Bashing Detroit while trying to save it. Does that really work?

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion, Progress Michigan | Tagged conservative, Detroit News, Nolan Finley, Progress Michigan | Leave a response

Progress Michigan: Fact-checking the right (Twitter edition)

Progress Michigan: Fact-checking the right (Twitter edition)

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on June 18, 2010

The “drill, baby, drill” crowd in 140 characters.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News, Progress Michigan | Tagged al anuzis, great lakes, igt, oil spill, progss michgan, twitter | Leave a response

Progress Michigan: The Good, the Bad & the Oily

Progress Michigan: The Good, the Bad & the Oily

By Angela Vasquez-Giroux Wittrock on May 18, 2010

Oil spills, legislative leadership gaps and Mike Bishop — oh my!

Posted in Community & Opinion, News, Progress Michigan | Tagged andy dillon, angela vasquez-giroux, Bart Stupak, british petroleum, Halliburton, Mike Bishop, Progress Michigan, transocean, Wittrock | 1 Response

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The Lansing organizer for the "Move to Amend" movement discusses a "Corporate Personhood" resolution proposal before the Lansing City Council on August 6, 2012.


Are corporations persons, too? The "Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour" featuring David Cobb visited Lansing on June 28, 2012. Cobb provided an accessible, fast-paced analysis of the history of "Corporate Personhood" in the U.S.


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George Goehl of National Peoples' Action says progressives need to re-envision the economy and suggests a strategy for activists attending the 2012 Michigan Summit in Lansing on May 12, 2012.


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