This is the second part of a discussion with Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University about his new book “The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War…
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Poll: Climate and clean energy issues key among Black voters in battleground states
According to new poll findings from strategic communications firm Climate Power, climate change is a major priority among Black voters in battleground states, with climate and energy issues serving as a major…
A ‘religious separatist movement in American education’
The effort to get school vouchers approved nationwide has a long and varied history, but a book released this month posits that it is essentially a Christian Nationalist attempt at undermining public…
Ten ways Project 2025 could undermine workers’ rights
In late August, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance told a crowd of union firefighters that he and his running mate, Donald Trump, are “the most pro-worker Republican ticket in history.” Trump has long claimed to champion…
‘Midwestern fun’: The Michigan senator who lugged a giant book on stage says this DNC is different
Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow has a simple rule for communication. “Talk like you would talk to your friends at a bar,” the Royal Oak Democrat told the Michigan Advance after grabbing national…
‘Perfect storm’ of crises is leading to cutbacks in abortion care, advocates say
Advocates for abortion access say compounding crises of abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause significant funding challenges and potential disruptions to reproductive care of…
Vance blasts Harris on energy and manufacturing as opponents hit back on labor and healthcare
Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance returned to Michigan on Wednesday, joining supporters in West Michigan as he slammed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration, manufacturing and the rising cost…
U.S. House GOP spending cuts a preview of Project 2025, lead Dem appropriator says
The cuts to labor, health care and education proposed in a U.S. House Republican bill this week are previews of what would happen to federal agencies under a second Trump term, a…
Harris says Michigan will lose the right to abortion under Trump
As the battle for Michigan voters’ attention rages in the presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Portage on Wednesday to reiterate to Michiganders that President Joe Biden is the only candidate…
Michigan Dems warn about Project 2025 and reproductive health care in a 2nd Trump term
As Republicans gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, Democrats across the nation are continuing to sound the alarm on Project 2025, a collection of far-right policy proposals pitched as a…