Michigan

Michigan ‘uncommitted’ vote sends message to ‘Genocide Joe’

Over 101,000 Michigan voters, casting a ballot in the Democratic Party primary election Feb. 27, sent a clear message to…

March 1, 2024

On the picket line

Detroit casino win  As of Dec. 2, all 4,700 striking union members at three Detroit casinos will be back on…

December 8, 2023

Michigan: Movements spur legislative victories

The scene at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing March 14 was reminiscent of mass protests there in December 2012. At…

March 24, 2023

Heroes honored on Flint Sit-down anniversary

February 11 was the 86th anniversary of one of the most significant events in U.S. labor history: the victory of…

February 17, 2023

Activists get reproductive justice, voter access on Michigan ballot

Michigan’s progressive movement scored a victory, when the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Sept. 8 to allow two progressive initiatives to…

September 12, 2022

Michigan prison authorities ban dictionaries, activists win reversal

In a June 2 story, National Public Radio broke the news that the Michigan Department of Corrections had, over the…

August 5, 2022

Grand Rapids, Michigan
Protesters pack commissioner’s meeting over death of Patrick Lyoya

By Sam Tunningly The following article appeared in the April 13 online issue of Fightback News!  (fightbacknews.org/)  The four police…

April 15, 2022

Detroit
State representative confronts white supremacy

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani took his road show — aimed at disenfranchising Black voters — to the Michigan State Legislature’s…

December 17, 2020

People’s Assembly links rising racism to economic crisis

A People’s Assembly and Speakout were held on Aug. 29 in downtown Detroit at Grand Circus Park. The event was…

September 1, 2015

Protest demands release of Rev. Pinkney

Grand Rapids, Mich. -- “It’s not one thing, it is everything,” says the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Berrien County, Mich.,…

September 1, 2015