Op-Eds

December, 2010
Monday, December 6th, 2010
In the neighborhoods of our state capitol, surveillance cameras sit watching atop telephone poles.  Directly outside of residents’ homes, the cameras can even see inside bedrooms and living rooms with just the approval of the city’s technology official.  Lansing is not alone in its disregard for citizens’ privacy.  Cities around the country and around the world are engaging in mass surveillance.  This is a trend that must be challenged and stopped immediately.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
It is time for major structural change in the Detroit Public Schools (DPS). Under the Detroit Board of Education, DPS has failed the students that it serves by almost every measure. The city needs to find a new path for its schools and would be wise to drop the board that saw the system to its present state.
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