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

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

Orange County businessman Howard Jarvis' tax cuts transformed California from a free-tuition paradise into an economic disaster area

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 | 1 Response

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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A new video interview from the Peace Education Center at last Saturday’s action in Lansing, Michigan, for the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Action.” Here Lansing resident Dick Preston talks about the prospects of U.S. war on Iran.


The Peace Education Center interviews the organizers of the "Now, More Than Ever: Educational Equity Rally at MSU," which takes place Saturday, January 28, 2012, in East Lansing.


David Cobb from the Move to Amend movement gives a compelling overview of the Corporate Personhood concept and the grassroots movement to eliminate the treatment of Corporations as "persons."


Attorney Talks About Pending Lawsuit Challenging Michigan's Emergency Manager Law


Mini Documentary: A Citizens Peace Proclamation from Lansing's Peace Community


Occupy Lansing Rally Exposes Right Wing Legislative Organization


Activist Kat Sluka talks about Wall Street, Democracy at #Occupy Lansing Rally


Rev. Pinkney Speaks of Negative Impact of Governmental Emergency Financial Managers (EFM) and Asks "Is Your Community Next?"


A Victim of FBI Harassment, Peace Activist Speaks Out


Better Lawns and Gardens: How Safe Are All Those Chemicals?


More on the dangers of nuclear energy production. Michael J. Keegan talks about the Fermi 2 plant in Monroe, Michigan, and the prospects of Fermi 3 being built.


This is a lesson in the dangers of nuclear radiation. If you think nuclear is clean, safe energy, you need to watch this video.

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