Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

By Javier Zarracina and Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY March 16, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the U.S. – canceling major events, closing schools, upending the stock market and disrupting travel and normal life – Americans are taking precautions against … Continue reading →

Above: Arizona Vaughn speaks at Call ’em Out’s Sambo dinner Feb. 27, 2020 about pending eviction from her small east-side home of 26 years. The next day, Call ’em Out activists shut down City of Detroit’s CAYMC, to demand that … Continue reading →

An eerie new video shows Italians of all ages sharing what they would have told themselves 10 days ago about taking the coronavirus seriously before it devastated the country. “We underestimated this–you don’t have to do the same.” March 17, … Continue reading →

SUNRISE: OCT. 12, 1940   SUNSET: MARCH 1, 2020 Valerie Smith, formerly the wife of Tyrone Travis, notified VOD editor Diane Bukowski last week of Mr. Travis passing March 1, 2020. Tyrone Travis was a lifelong, powerful activist, political analyst, … Continue reading →

Cartoon by Daily Kos shows (clockwise from above left) rich commentator, candidate Joe Biden, candidate Pete Buttigieg, rich commentator putting in emergency rescue call to Bloomberg By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE February 15, 2020 (Excerpt) LAS VEGAS (AP) … Continue reading →

Former Detroit police officer Burt Lancaster, with long history of  mental illness and family suicide, killed girlfriend intending to kill himself  First conviction in Oakland Co. in 1994 overturned due to racial bias in jury selection  Judge denied “diminished capacity” … Continue reading →

The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) is greatly disappointed, but not surprised, with the specifics of the recently released Deal of the Century. This proposal is one-sided, biased and rubber stamps Israeli violations of international law and human rights in … Continue reading →