Michigan

Marriage equality movement progresses

Bulletin: As of Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will not stay a federal court ruling ordering same-sex marriages to…

February 9, 2015

Detroit MLK Day rally highlights Selma, Ala.

This year’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rally and March” commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Selma campaign that created…

January 24, 2015

LGBTQ marriage equality fight moves ahead

For almost 400 years, since the first English settlers began stealing land from the original inhabitants of North America, legal…

January 19, 2015

Rev. Pinkney jailed for fighting racist power structure

St. Joseph, Mich. -- Another racist injustice has been committed. Here on Dec. 14, Berrien County Judge Sterling Schrock sentenced…

December 16, 2014

Legal update to #FreeRasmeaNow

Workers World publishes this release from the Rasmea Defense Committee, Nov. 28. Ever since her unjust conviction on Nov. 10,…

December 3, 2014

Retirees take brunt of cuts as judge approves Detroit bankruptcy

The “plan of adjustment” to end Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy means that city worker retirees shoulder virtually the entire burden…

November 11, 2014

Benton Harbor, Mich., Civil Rights activist convicted by all-white jury

The Rev. Edward Pinkney was found guilty of five felony counts of forgery stemming from a recall campaign against Mayor…

November 7, 2014

Racist injustice in Michigan

Workers World protests two government-inspired frameups taking place in Michigan this November and demand they be stopped immediately. One is…

November 6, 2014

Marriage equality winning after decades of struggle

More than 700 people rallied in Cincinnati on Aug. 5 and 6 in support of the right of same-sex couples…

August 17, 2014

Theft of Detroit retirees’ pensions gets one step closer

The results of retiree voting on pension cuts in the Detroit bankruptcy proceedings were announced on July 21. It was…

July 28, 2014