Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

As a Muslim I’m fed up with the hypocrisy of the free speech fundamentalists [1]  The response to the inexcusable murder of Charlie Hebdo’s staff has proved that many liberals are guilty of double standards when it comes to giving … Continue reading →

  By Steven Malik Shelton January 8, 2014 Last February, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced an initiative to outfit Detroit Department of Transportation buses with video surveillance cameras. Ostensibly, the measure is being implemented as a method to make passengers … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ FEDERAL GOVT. LOST $9.26B ON AUTO RESCUE   http://www.allwebsolutions.net/business/autos/federal-government-lost-9-26b-on-auto-rescue/ David Shepardson, The Detroit News December 30, 2014 Washington — The U.S. government lost $9.26 billion on the auto industry rescue, according to the final accounting released late Monday. In its report, … Continue reading →

Detroit Active and Retired Employees Association (DAREA) press conference Thurs.  Jan. 8. 2014 @ 10 A.M. Nandi’s Knowledge Café, 12511 Woodward, Highland Park; ALL ARE WELCOME! Detroit—Detroit active and retired workers, residents, and many others, have appealed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge … Continue reading →

  Homes in Virginia Park Historic District neighborhood. Photo: Wikipedia     By Joyce Moore Dec. 18, 2014 (VOD editor–sorry, picked up story late from email.) DETROIT — Somehow, we are putting people in office that make over $100,000.00 (One … Continue reading →

Marchers demand moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and other attacks on the people at march in downtown Detroit Aug. 28, 2012.  “I thought they were going to shoot everyone”  Franklins died; Long, Jr. facing life in prison  Confrontations spreading since October, … Continue reading →

Video above shows crowd attacking Berkeley, MO police at gas station where Antonio Martin, 18, had just been shot to death by white cop Andrew Weusthoff. Witnesses said he was alive for 30 minutes, but police did not call for … Continue reading →

By Jalil A. Muntaqim December 30, 2014 Once again, the nation is compelled to mourn the death of police officers. Rightly so, if such mourning changes the dynamics of the relationship between a para-militarized police and the communities in which they patrol. … Continue reading →

Detroit faces 37,000 tax foreclosures of occupied homes in 2015 Coalition calls for Wayne County Moratorium on Tax Foreclosures Drop the charges against Alonzo Long, Jr., facing life in prison for defending family members against armed intrusion of home by auction … Continue reading →