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The GOP Education Agenda: Why earning a diploma will no longer buy you a job or a middle-class life

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 27, 2011

Right-wing assaults on education and collective bargaining will hasten the race to the bottom for college-educated workers.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged budget cuts, collective bargainingm, college degree, emergency financial managers, free universities, higher education, mackinac center, Michigan, protests, rick snyder | 9 Responses

Snyder echoes the real Reagan legacy - cheap talk about higher ed

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on February 20, 2011

One of the reasons Republicans like our new Governor Rick Snyder don’t like people like me is that I am old enough to remember when free college tuition for everyone seemed like an achievable goal. For those of you too young to know, back in the Sixties, California offered free tuition at all of its [...]

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion, News | Tagged barbara ehrenreich, budget cuts, college education, degree, Fear of Falling, free tuition, higher education, Reagan, rick snyder, tax cuts | 2 Responses

Moanin’ on Monday in honor of the late Bob Talbert

Moanin’ on Monday in honor of the late Bob Talbert

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on November 2, 2009

An homage to the late Bob Talbert’s Monday Moanin’ columns in the Freep.

Posted in Community & Opinion, Moanin' in Mason, News | Tagged Bob Talbert, budget cuts, Detroit Free Press, Freep, Monday Moanin', swine flu | 2 Responses

THe view from the podium before the MSU Board of Trustees meeting

MSU budget cuts: Is the process really transparent, open, thoughtful and fair?

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on November 2, 2009

The report card so far shows failing grades for those at the top.

Posted in Community & Opinion, MSU News, News | Tagged board of trustees, Bucqueroux, budget cuts, Lansing Online News, Michigan State University, MSU, programs, report card | 2 Responses

MSU budget ax falling across campus

MSU budget ax falling across campus

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on October 30, 2009

Videos of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and Provost Kim Wilcox, as well as a full list of the proposed cuts.

Posted in Community & Opinion, MSU News, News | Tagged budget cuts, Michigan State University, MSU, president Lou Anna Simon, program cuts, restructuring | Leave a 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.


During his recent visit to Lansing, Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talked about aging Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van Buren County, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan.


Anika Fassia of Public Works: The Center for the Public Sector, talked to the recent Michigan Summit for progressives about a Michigan narrative that frames policy discussions in terms of community values.


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.


Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talks to the Peace Education Center about Ontario, Canada's plans for a deep underground dump (DUD) for nuclear waste on the Great Lakes.


"I never thought I'd see the day I would be fighting my grandmother's fight..." said Melissa Osborn in addressing the United Against the War on Women rally in Lansing.


Kathie Kuhn of the Peace Education gives a spoken word performance of "Hey, Now" at the United Against the War on Women rally in Lansing.


"Let Freedom Ring - P.A. 4 Emergency Manager Act Forum" was a public forum on Michigan’s local government takeover law that directly assaults American democratic liberties. Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor was the keynote speaker, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A.; This is the recording Rev. Pinkney's keynote address.

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