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Patrick O'Connor

The Problem With Mitt Romney's Education Plan

Patrick O'Connor | Posted May 29, 2012

A blog I posted this March questioned the wisdom of President Obama's plan to lower the cost of college. Now that the Republican nominee is all but assured, it's time to assess Mitt Romney's education plan, which came out last week.

Where to begin?

Let's start with the...

Amy Weber

How Our Society Has Manifested the Bullying Epidemic

Amy Weber | Posted May 27, 2012

Since we've launched the campaign for The Bully Chronicles last week, there have been at least five more suicides, including a 7-year-old Detroit boy who allegedly hanged himself. Bullying is suspected in each sad case. Even with bullying featured almost nightly in the news, on the...

Dylan Ratigan

Sustainability = Security: The Next Mission for America's Vets

Dylan Ratigan | Posted May 26, 2012

As our nation starts to draw down the wars overseas, over a million vets will be re-entering civilian life over the next five years -- one of the largest in our country's recent history.

This Memorial Day weekend, we are focusing on the next mission facing our war...

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted May 26, 2012

This Memorial Day weekend, we reflect upon what it really means to honor the memory of the men and women who fought for our country. We'll visit gravesites, observe moments of silence, hold parades and barbeques and celebrate the freedoms our soldiers provided -- all important gestures.

But as a...

Carolyn Scott

Healthy and Vegan Memorial Day Recipes

Carolyn Scott | Posted May 25, 2012

Yippee! Summer is officially here! Beach time, pool lounging, road trips, movies and outdoor parties! Memorial Day marks the start of the "fun in the sun" season, so kick it off with an awesome get-together and killer food! Check out our fun menu of recipes below as well as some...

Chris Krapek

Penises Make Me Laugh

Chris Krapek | Posted May 25, 2012

I have a penis.

After several careful calculations, I think I've roughly seen it a few millions times in my life. I've never considered it to be that humorous. Penises, out of context, aren't inherently funny, are they? Situational penises can be funny, I guess. Shrinkage, sexual malfunction, size...

Marshall Fine

Directors: Intouchables Not About Race

Marshall Fine | Posted May 25, 2012

If the same proportion of people in the United States saw The Avengers as the percentage of French citizens who have seen The Intouchables, the Marvel super-hero-fest would have grossed well over $1 billion domestically (instead of slightly less than half of that).

As it is, The Intouchables, opening in...

Michael J.W. Stickings

The Shyster: How Romney Will Promise Anything to Be President

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted May 24, 2012

As The Hill reports, Mitt Romney is pledging to bring the unemployment rate below six percent by the end of his first term -- and of course in so pledging is once more sinking back to his default position of smearing President Obama:

"I can tell you that over...
Tom Engelhardt

How to Forget on Memorial Day

Tom Engelhardt | Posted May 24, 2012

Whistling Past the Graveyard of Empires

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com

It’s the saddest reading around: the little announcements that dribble out of the Pentagon every day or two -- those terse, relatively uninformative death notices: rank; name; age; small town, suburb, or second-level city of...

Dominic Arellano

Moments in Love: Detroit

Dominic Arellano | Posted May 24, 2012

Over the next few days, people from around the globe will fill Detroit and Hart Plaza for three days, taking over the city with many genres of electronic music. It's something that I have had the privilege to do every year since Movement started in 2000, back then know as...

Kelly Frazier

House Music Duo The Martinez Brothers Set to Play Movement Electronic Music Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted May 24, 2012

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The Martinez Brothers are a couple of the fresh young faces of electronic dance music these days. Growing up in the Bronx in New York, Chris and Steve Martinez were exposed to music very young, playing an array of instruments in and around...

Andrew Stefanik

American Spring

Andrew Stefanik | Posted May 24, 2012

After reading Adbusters call for an occupation of Wall Street on September 17, 2011, I felt compelled to document what at the time I thought would be a brief, but nonetheless credible, protest of big banks and corporate greed.

So, after returning home from class September 15, my roommate...

Lisa Bloom

The Most Honest Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear

Lisa Bloom | Posted May 23, 2012

Graduation season is upon us, and with it all the speeches about shooting for the moon, going for the gold, nothing is impossible, yada yada. I myself have delivered three such college commencement addresses in recent years.

But as I've spent the last year crunching the numbers and talking...

Matthew David Hopkins

Memorial Day Celebrations: 4 Tips for the Perfect Soirée

Matthew David Hopkins | Posted May 23, 2012

Want to throw the party of the season, but feel fresh out of ideas? With Memorial Day this weekend and many more reasons to celebrate this summer, try my "perfectly imperfect" approach to entertaining and your guests will remember your celebration for years to come.

Here are my 4...

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

Voter Suppression Is Treasonous

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted May 22, 2012

In The Art of War, Sun Tzu said that every battle is won before it is fought. The Republican Party wants to prevent the battle from happening at all. It's very shrewd and it's totally un-American.

In November, five million eligible voters will find it harder to exercise their rights...

Jed Kolko

Trulia's Housing Barometer: Recovery Slowly, Steadily Pushes Ahead

Jed Kolko | Posted May 22, 2012

Each month Trulia's Housing Barometer charts how quickly the housing market is moving back to "normal." We summarize three key housing market indicators: new construction starts (Census), existing-home sales (NAR) and the delinquency-plus-foreclosure rate (LPS First Look). For each indicator, we compare this month's...

Gary A. Brown

Detroit Police Restructuring Necessary to Curb Crime

Gary A. Brown | Posted May 22, 2012

The crime facing Detroit is not insurmountable and it's untruthful to say that it's citywide.

I don't need to use this space to rehash the crime that has led to this point. It is reported everyday in the news; however, what is often not reported is the opportunity to proactively...

Kelly Frazier

Detroit Techno Pioneers Jeff Mills and Kevin Saunderson Celebrate Landmark Years at Movement Festival

Kelly Frazier | Posted May 24, 2012

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The roots of electronic music in Detroit are that of innovative creativity, ideas, and technology. Our techno pioneers thought outside the box and reworked their own personal influences into something rarely heard before them. As years passed, many were able to build careers,...

Steve Ressler

Pinterest's Potential to Inspire Public Engagement

Steve Ressler | Posted May 22, 2012

When you think of Pinterest, your initial perception might be people planning their future weddings, posting their perfect wardrobes and pinning up their dream homes.

But is there a place on this social network for government? The answer is yes, according to many GovLoop community members.

Digital Marketing Coordinator Mike...

Patrick O'Connor

An Update on the State of Training in College Counseling

Patrick O'Connor | Posted May 23, 2012

My column calling for better college counseling training for high school counselors has had some interesting feedback. It's clear there is more to discuss here...

... But I wanted to pass along some encouraging news from Stuart Chen-Hayes and Melissa Ockerman, co-chairs of the ACES School Counseling Interest...

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