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1. Voices you don’t hear anywhere else

No one else in Michigan is covering the problems with the EAA (the state takeover of Detroit’s schools) in the kind of depth that Chris is. And he is making space for the teachers working under the new authority to share what they are seeing on the ground in a way that absolutely no one else is.

2. A great team of commentators

Just look at how the blog covered the Obamacare roll-out: Amy’s stories of people helped by the ACA; LOLGOP’s highlighting deceitful anti-ACA ads; and Charles Gaba on his own site tracking actual enrollment.

3. Anne’s beautiful photography (and writing)

Like this beautiful piece about a lesbian couple married in Ann Arbor last month.

Support your local bloggers! This week we’ll be coming to you once a day for our second quarter fundraiser. I am determined to prove that we can have a successful site where all of the writers are paid. However, that can only happen with support from our readers. Your financial support will also allow us to bring on new writers, […]

Crowdsourcing for a cause. A GOOD cause. Eclectablog webhost and occasional contributor Charles Gaba has been on what can only be described as in incredible one-man mission to make sure the truth gets out about how successful the Affordable Care Act has been. He’s been tracking people signing up for health insurance through the ACA at his site ACASignUps.netfor several […]

Share the Love Late last year, Anne and I traveled to the home of Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, a same-sex couple with adopted children who find themselves at the center of a fierce legal battle over marriage equality and adoption rights for same-sex couples in our state. Our interview got a lot of attention and spurred me on to […]

A big thank you to everyone who has made a contribution during our fundraiser this week. I can’t express how much it means to us that so many of you have stepped up to support the important work we do here. I’m convinced this is a model that can succeed and your financial support is a critical part of that. […]

As regular readers know, we run quarterly fundraisers at Eclectablog to raise funds to run the site and, more importantly, pay the writers and photographer. Although we do run ads, we are largely dependent upon your generosity for our blogging income. I thought it would be nice to have a look back at 2013 to give you an idea of […]

Every day we bring news and views you can use and that amuse. How much is that worth to you? Is it worth one dollar per week? That’s what many of our supporters have decided. They make a $50 donation to help us keep doing what we’re doing. It’s a pretty good bargain when you think about it. If you’d […]

We don’t just tell you what you need to know. We help motivate action and change. We realize no one loves fundraisers. We wouldn’t keep hitting you up for money if we didn’t have to. But here at Eclectablog, everything we do is supported in large part by our readers. And we return the favor. I can tell you why […]

Allow me to Kochsplain a bit. You’ve probably heard how the Koch brothers plan to win the U.S. Senate this year. In addition to spending millions on television in states like Michigan, they’re also hiring staff to blog, tweet, Facebook, Tumbl and whatever else they imagine the plebes are doing these days. They want to create the appearance dozens of […]

Please feed the bloggers It’s that time a year again where we come to you, hat in hand, and ask you to help support the important work we do here at Eclectablog. Unlike most blog sites, the regular contributors — Anne, Amy, LOLGOP, and Gary Abud, Jr. — are paid for their work. It’s not nearly as much as I […]

A great evening’s entertainment for a great cause. In May, I wrote about a terrific independent after-school program in Pontiac called Bound Together. The program provides tutoring in math, reading and reading comprehension three days a week, followed by a nutritious meal. Every other week, there’s also a one-day art group, filling a void left when the Pontiac schools cut […]