Detroit Music City
The Detroit Metro Times put together a comprehensive Google map of notable music spots in Detroit, check it out here: http://blogs.metrotimes.com/index.php/detroit-music-map.
Photo Cred: Ed Goodfellow
Talib Kweli
A Treehouse Grows in Brooklyn
“Alexandra Meyn built a treehouse behind her apartment building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Since graduating from the Pratt Institute in May with a degree in interior design, she has been unable to find an internship or a job. “I decided to create my own,” said Ms. Meyn.
Working with a $400 budget, Ms. Meyn learned to source materials on the cheap, finding doors in the trash and buying the floorboards, paint and other items at Build It Green, a nonprofit organization in Queens that sells inexpensive reclaimed supplies.”
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The American Jobs Act
“We have to ask ourselves, “What’s the best way to grow the economy and create jobs?”
Should we keep tax loopholes for oil companies? Or should we use that money to give small business owners a tax credit when they hire new workers? Because we can’t afford to do both. Should we keep tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires? Or should we put teachers back to work so our kids can graduate ready for college and good jobs? Right now, we can’t afford to do both.
This isn’t political grandstanding. This isn’t class warfare. This is simple math. These are real choices that we have to make. And I’m pretty sure I know what most Americans would choose. It’s not even close.” - Barack Obama
Photo Cred: Obey
