Posts published in “Guest Column”

If you’re a class of 2022 parent/guardian or you know a high school senior, you’ve probably been hearing about the FAFSA — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This form can be the gateway…

Affordable, accessible health care should be a right to all, but too many Michiganders are being left out, especially when it comes to affording lifesaving prescription medications whose prices have continued to skyrocket regardless of…

Michigan’s public schools are under attack yet again. Though this time the effects of pro-voucher campaigns and divisive bills are hurting our students and communities before even reaching the floor in Lansing or taking away…

While debates about energy are again grabbing headlines, businesses across Michigan and the nation are increasingly focused on long-term sustainability: not just because it’s the right thing to do but because it can be good…

The internet, whether you like it or not, is a necessity of modern life — but your ability to access it really depends on where you live. For too long, many communities, especially in rural…

Ah, the telltale signs that Michigan spring is approaching: the snow is melting, the potholes are reappearing, and throngs of petition circulators are positioning themselves outside your grocery store and post office to collect signatures…

We should teach the full breadth of our literature and history and wrestle with the complexity of our history, rather than limit our children’s knowledge and have our children suffer the adverse impacts of ignorance.…

Dead Last. When it comes to public investment in public higher education in the Great Lakes states, Michigan is dead last. Last in state appropriations per capita for its public universities. Last in inflationary increases.…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing more money for Michigan schools in her 2022-23 budget proposal. Although money alone will not completely solve the teacher shortage issue, further action is unable to proceed without it. For…