I’ve felt deeply connected to two rural places in my life. The first was the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas in a small town called Mercedes, about 5 miles from the Rio Grande River and the Mexican border. I was 3 ½ when I arrived at the small farmhouse on a rural route, surrounded by cottonfields. It was ½ mile to the nearest neighbor. My “swimming pool” was an irrigation ditch and some rather deep potholes in a gravel driveway. A propane tank was my “pony”. My imagination grew as wide as that Texas sky.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Indiana Rural Summit

Local House candidates band together to demand more for rural voters, kicking off a six-stop event tour at Jasper Strassenfest.

Indiana Rural Summit

A story of coming together to fight gerrymandering.

Happy Independence Day!

A reminder to reject tyranny.

Extract from a letter from Mrs. Abigail Adams to her husband John Adams

I recently finished reading “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism” by Yanis Varoufakis, the former Finance Minister for Greece. (For an extensive interview with the author, see Wired Magazine.) It is a sobering look at what has slowly been happening in our global economy since the housing crash of 2008. As the book description explains, “Big tech has replaced capitalism's twin pillars—markets and profit—with its platforms and rents.

[In less than 24 hours, I rearranged my schedule so I could attend the public hearing of the State Board of Education as they presented the first draft of their proposed high school graduation requirements and listened to public comments. As the parent of an incoming 7th grader who will be directly impacted by these decisions, I definitely had some questions and concerns.  Seeing several glaring gaps in infrastructure, with further demands on our most underfunded schools, and lack of acknowledgment for the unique needs of rural schools (e.g.

Pictured at Greenwood Pride from L-R: Katrina Owens (Candidate for SD 32), Josh King (JOCO Dems Vice Chair), Jennifer McCormick (Candidate for Governor), Saad Tawfeeq (candidate Johnson Co. Council), Cinde Wirth (Candidate for CD 24), Michelle Higgs (Candidate for HD 60), Suzanne Fortenberry (Candidate for SD 36) 

Remember Those Who Gave The Greatest Sacrifice
Mondays with Michelle May 27, 2024

This Memorial Day, Let Us Not Take Their Sacrifice In Vain

It’s All About Perspective…What Do We See?
Mondays with Michelle - May 13, 2024

Recently, a friend sent me the above image showing seemingly different shapes projected on a wall. However, they are part of a single solid image that neither projection fully represents. While the aspect of the wall projections is individually true,  the perspective must change to see the full truth of the image.

Greedy Monopolies Making Record Profits Want More (A Story about Centerpoint and Duke Energy).
Mondays with Michelle May 20, 2024