Be like Mississippi

In a recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Michigan has the third-lowest score for the overall well-being of black children, only slightly better than Mississippi and Wisconsin. Horrible! In a Bridge column W.K. Kellogg Foundation CEO La June Montgomery Tabron…

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Choosing to be Mississippi again

Brian Dickerson's Detroit Free Press column "What Rick Snyder wants most of all" column is highly recommended. It raises all the right questions about what direction the Governor wants Michigan to head in. Using the Governor's proposal for another big…

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The case for raising taxes II

Terrific Larry Gabriel column in the Metro Times. It is about the causes of Detroit's horrible population decline. Now the 18th largest  city in the country, down from 4th. As Gabriel points out the problems may be worse in Detroit,…

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