Detroit Idea Factory

Reposting this piece I wrote for the Detroit Socialist to my blog - if you missed it the first time give it a read. It's a comprehensive summary of what we know about the Flint Water Crisis as the Michigan AG begins prosecuting former government officials including former governor Rick Snyder.

And if you've already read it, I have more stuff coming out this week on left media stategy and, hopefully a couple other topics. Happy Sunday night!

Refusing Accountability: Rick Snyder’s Crime’s of Capitalism in Flint On January 13 and 14, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged disgraced former Governor Rick Snyder and a ghoul’s gallery of public leaders-turned-conspirators with crimes related to th…

Welp. I haven't posted here for over four years. But I'm back to writing. I'm not sure who even follows this page, or why - but here's a thing I wrote about class consciousness, disillusionment with academia, the brutality of capitalism, the myth of the meritocracy, and how I'm beginning to shape the space where I write.

A Change In Direction Going forward, this blog will be different. I’m keeping the name. I got my first factory job when I was 15 years old in Mount Clemens, so I’ve earned the right to say some things about …

Incompetence + We don't care about you, Flint residents. Also you, Detroit residents. Because of your skin color and income level.

An investigation is needed to determine if Flint's lead problems were just incompetence or... You know things are bad when the best defense you can conjure is incompetence. But that's exactly what Dan Wyant, director of Michigan's Department of...