Oct 23 Poet’s Notebook: InsideOut in Detroit By Victoria Fleischer Natasha Trethewey and Jeffrey Brown visit with students at InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that exposes children to poetry. Photo by Mary Jo Brooks. Journeying to Detroit a few weeks ago I felt much as I did the first… Continue reading
Oct 23 Parties at odds over health care law By Terence Burlij Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images House Democrats are getting a debrief on the health care law Wednesday, following a series of problems with the rollout of an insurance exchange website… Continue reading
Oct 22 Congress, health care law facing major political tests President Obama delivers remarks about the Affordable Care Act's enrollment website in the Rose Garden Monday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House lawmakers return to Washington Tuesday night facing two major stories that can change the course of politics… Continue reading
Oct 21 Stanley Plumly reads from ‘Orphan Hours’ By Ellen Rolfes // Poet and veteran teacher Stanley Plumly continues his exploration of personal memories, juxtaposing his childhood with 74 years worth of knowledge and perspective on the world, in his latest collection, "Orphan Hours: Poems." In addition to his writing, Plumly… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch J.P. Morgan’s $13 billion penalty A tentative deal was reached yesterday between the Justice Department and JP Morgan Chase. The agreement would require chase, the nation's largest bank, to pay a record 13-billion dollar penalty. Dawn Kopecki, a banking reporter with Bloomberg News, who has… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Dolphins used as bait for sharks ITV News has obtained footage proving - for the first time - that fishermen in South America are illegally hunting dolphins. Environmentalists believe thousands of the animals are slaughtered every year, with their meat being used as bait for sharks. Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on who will come out ahead after the shutdown ‘cease-fire’ Shields and Brooks on who will come out ahead after the shutdown 'cease-fire'… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Senator-elect Cory Booker: Our generation has no right to indulge in cynicism Senator-elect Booker on legislative priorities, political cynicism… Continue watching
Oct 17 Little Libertarians on the Prairie By Christine Woodside A beloved children's book series helped sell libertarian values. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Bo Insogna. Simone Pathe: I had the entire set of "Little House" books. They came in an illustrated cardboard box… Continue reading