Some people view programs like Rx Kids solely through the lens of social policy. I view them through the lens of workforce development and economic growth.
Guest Commentary
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How to submit a Guest Commentary
What to know:
Bridge welcomes a diversity of voices and perspectives from readers on issues important to Michigan. Guest commentaries reflect the views of the author(s), and are independent of the nonpartisan, fact-driven reporting of Bridge’s newsroom staff.
Commentaries must be the author’s original work and preferably will not have appeared first in other publications. Bridge reserves the right to decline submissions at our discretion.
We reserve the right to edit commentary for grammar, clarity, brevity or to address legal or factual concerns. We may offer editing suggestions, but in the service of making your work more accessible, not to alter your views.
We do not pay for guest commentary.
Here are some guidelines:
- Columns are usually 500-700 words
- They generally focus on a Michigan topic or policy and should avoid ad hominem attacks
- The more direct, distinct and/or intimate your perspective, the more effective your column will be
- The best columns do more than identify problems; they also offer solutions and facts to back them up
- Please include a one- or two-sentence bio, including the writer’s organization or relevant background.
- Authors must show their work, by backing up facts with links to reports or studies
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- We also ask that, in return for publishing a guest commentary, the author(s) and their organizations generously promote the link to the published column through your Facebook, Twitter and other social or professional networks.
That’s about it. Keep the writing clear, conversational and free of jargon, and sell our smart and receptive readership on the argument you are trying to make.
Who to contact:
Email your submission or idea to guestcommentary@bridgemi.com. Please briefly describe who you are and what you would like to say and put the words “guest commentary” in the email subject line.
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Michigan lawmakers must act. Our leaders have a responsibility to do right by Michiganders by making sure the state budget works for everyone, not just power-hungry Lansing lawmakers. While House leadership has announced a budget framework agreement, we’re waiting for details on what programs will still get funding and what’s getting cut.
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Strong maternal and child health systems require sustained commitment. Programs that improve outcomes only work when families can count on them being there.
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This voucher program would redirect public resources away from the neighborhood schools that serve every child and toward private institutions that are not held to the same standards of accountability, transparency or commitment to serving all students.
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Opinion | Michigan: Don’t remain silent on treatment of our immigrant neighbors
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Michigan has spent billions building public universities without building the system that connects early talent to career paths that keep them here. We are training our young people for other states. That is a choice we can stop making.
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Opinion | Companies are overcharging Michigan consumers. We’re fighting for you
Our legislative agenda would empower the Michigan attorney general to hold violators legally accountable for trying to profit off vulnerable Michiganders during their time of most need.
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Opinion | Michigan K-12 needs an overhaul. Continuing this way is insane
Educators need to get real: Saying you’re in a good Michigan district is like saying you’re the smartest kid in remedial class. The future depends on acting quickly to reform a system that has allowed others to pass us by.
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Opinion | Rising gas, food prices’ unexpected victim: Michigan students
In a state working to improve educational attainment, strengthen its workforce and grow its economy, ensuring students have access to nutritious food is not simply the right thing to do—it is smart public policy.
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Opinion | Michigan must build on its promise to direct care workers
Michigan has made real policy commitments to improving direct care worker wages over the past several years. That progress is worth acknowledging. What remains is the harder, less glamorous work of making the system deliver on what it has promised.