Michigan

Detroit struggle ramps up vs. state takeover

Major developments took place in Detroit during the first week of the city’s rule under emergency manager Kevyn Orr. A…

April 7, 2013

Michigan lesbians fight for marriage, adoption rights

“Love makes a family.” This is a simple and obvious statement. Yet in Michigan, where 56 percent of those polled…

March 21, 2013

Banks behind Detroit ’emergency manager’ takeover

Michigan’s multimillionaire Gov. Rick Snyder on March 14 appointed Washington lawyer Kevyn Orr as “emergency manager” over the city of…

March 19, 2013

From Alabama to Michigan, Black vote is under attack

Forty-eight years after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Supreme Court is currently deliberating about the historic…

March 6, 2013

Detroit activists use lawsuit to demand: ‘Show us the debt!’

Detroit,  Feb. 14 — A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit was filed today on behalf of David Sole, a retired…

February 14, 2013

Michigan residents fight ‘green’ ethanol plant

Kincheloe, Mich. — In so many ways, capitalism is murdering planet Earth. I live in the far north. Go to…

January 27, 2013

MLK’s legacy & the labor movement

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 84 years old this Jan. 15. His legacy today is…

January 20, 2013

Michigan unionists fight new law

Hundreds of workers from across Michigan lined the walkways leading to the state Capitol in Lansing on Jan. 9 as…

January 10, 2013

Origins of Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ union-busting law

The passage of the union-busting “right-to-work” law in Michigan is a severe legal setback for the labor movement and for…

December 21, 2012

Right-wing continues attacks on Michigan workers, oppressed

Since the passage of “right-to-work” legislation in Michigan on Dec. 11, unions and community organizations have vowed to continue their…

December 20, 2012