On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be Jane Zehnder-Merrell of the Michigan League for Human Services, a group that advocates for the poor in Michigan. We'll be talking about poverty, unemployment and the government's responses to those in my home state.
As always, you can listen to the show live from 6-7 pm EST by clicking here.

Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of 

Comments
By the way, i like the new format. Before, the "news" intro always sounded like you were just reading something that you wrote for the blog, and with Jeremy there as co-host, it's a much more natural discussion. Even if I read most of it already here, I didn't mind it that much, and certainly less than the read-out lecture before (not that *that* was horrible, mind you). A good change, I'd say.
Posted by: Patrick | July 29, 2010 12:58 PM
Yeah, that's exactly why I made the change. It sounded stiff and unnatural and the best part of the show was the banter with Jeremy, so why not have more of that?
Posted by: Ed Brayton | July 29, 2010 1:27 PM
Show needs moar reasonable doubts plugs. Jeremy is slacking.
Posted by: dalek | July 29, 2010 1:58 PM
RD takes up so much of my time that I'm happy to slack off on Eds show :)
But I am grateful that Ed wants me to play a larger role.
Posted by: Jeremy | July 29, 2010 3:16 PM
Unemployed in Michigan? Do what Michiganers and Mexicans have done for the last few decades. Move to Texas.
Posted by: zortron | July 30, 2010 9:15 AM
HELL NO! WE WONT GO!
Posted by: Jeremy | August 2, 2010 10:15 AM