Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed a new bill that prevents university graduate student research assistants from joining unions. Republican supporters say that the law helps protect the student-teacher relationship in academia. Perhaps most interesting in this scenario is the reversal of talking points between the parties involved. The GOP...

Michigan is still clawing its way back from the depravity of the end of the last decade. The state’s major cities are a shell of their former selves and although one of their major industries is experiencing a resurgence, others are still treading water. The uncertainty that becomes commonplace in downtrodden communities allows for...