Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

BY Yana Kunichoff June 10, 2014 Union workers in Puerto Rico are resisting a crippling budget proposal. (VOD editor: Note similarities to the current takeover of Detroit. They are no accident. Detroit EM Kevyn Orr’s law firm Jones Day is … Continue reading →

  Police report filed on foster mother’s reckless driving after visit at Children’s Center May 23 — VOD ID’S HER AS ANJELA ANTONAZZO FREEMAN Tamikia McGruder informed caseworker on earlier visit of evident abuse and neglect of baby by foster family; … Continue reading →

  The One-Two Punch of Income-Based Repayment and Student Loan Refinancing  By Mark Huelsman Senior Policy Analyst, Demos  June 9, 2014 (VOD editor’s note: Pres. Barack Obama could instead have signed an Executive Order cancelling all student debt, as Occupy … Continue reading →

It’s ‘Grand Larceny” Retirees stand to lose 35-50%, not 4.5% Must sign off on all constitutionally-allowed appeals Mike Mulholland at informational picket at Huber facility in 2012. Not only does the Detroit bankruptcy plan affect retirees, it will end up … Continue reading →

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY: THE STORY OF REV. EDWARD PINKNEY, BENTON HARBOR AND MICHIGAN  Targeted for years-long battle against Whirlpool’s destruction of BH One of first to come forward against Mich. Gov. Snyder’s EM laws From … Continue reading →

Download copy of flier above at Vote No flier. VOD BREAKING NEWS: THE JUNE 5TH “INFORMATIONAL” MEETING ON THE PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT, CALLED BY THE DETROIT GENERAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM (DGRS) AT WENDELL ANTHONY’S FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL, CONSISTED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF PRESENTATIONS BY MICHAEL … Continue reading →

Supporters turn out for preliminary exam on 5 felony counts May 31  “Can’t pin it on Pinkney”—Herald Palladium  MSP documents examiner can’t say who altered recall petitions By Diane Bukowski  June 1, 2014  BENTON HARBOR –Supporters of Rev. Edward Pinkney … Continue reading →

  Call ’em Out reunion breathes new life into battle for Detroit Community fight against water shut-offs first action: fliering at Grand River/Greenfield water payment office Mon. June 2, 2014 10 A.M. To print out flier, click on Water fightback … Continue reading →

Contractor Homrich shutting water off to thousands of Detroiters without notice or mercy Charity Hicks, who protested assault by Homrich employee thrown into Mound Road prison to endure “conditions THAT are meant to shame you, demoralize you, criminalize you and break … Continue reading →

  By Agence France-Presse April 23, 2014 A Chinese court on Friday convicted a mining billionaire said to have links with former security tsar Zhou Yongkang of murder and sentenced him to death. Liu Han led private company Hanlong, which … Continue reading →