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            By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon          Apeil 10, 2013 They say that elections do matter, and that there are real differences between Republican and Democratic presidents. But backing up the view to 30 years, that difference … Continue reading →

No Emergency Financial Manager For Detroit! City Council April 9, 2013         A No Struggle, No Development Production! By KennySnod Posted April 10, 2013 Overturning Emergency Manager! We oppose Emergency Managers because they rob us of our right to elect our … Continue reading →

By Jay Janson March 30th, 2013 — Dissident Voices While staring at the New York Times front page photo of the bat-winged nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bombers up in the blue sky on their first non-stop long-range mission from the US … Continue reading →

From Diane Bukowski, editor of VOD, and for 20 years a union leader with AFSCME Local 457:  It is with a heavy heart that I publish this notice. I was just informed yesterday that Leamon Wilson, President of AFSCME Local … Continue reading →

 Contract includes unlimited charges for work, including asset sales Brushes off “conflict of interest” re: Jones Day’s representation of most city creditors Bars affirmative action in hiring, including U.S. EO 11246 compliance Refuses to comply with  “ban the box” city … Continue reading →

  Much of Detroit’s streets look like this one in Highland Park, which shows Cassandra Cabil at her home after Highland Park cut a deal with DTE to remove half the city’s street lights. Under a new Public Lighting Authority, … Continue reading →

  By G. Dunkel on March 1, 2013 (VOD: The Detroit City Council is to vote Tues. April 9 at 10 a.m. on a costly “debt-restructuring” contract with Jones Day, the world’s third largest law firm, whose clients include most … Continue reading →

Uploaded by DetroitEvolution (VOD editor Diane Bukowski: Thanks to those brave souls who held this slowdown on Tigers’ opening day April 5. I have personal sympathies based on the fact that I work part-time in a downtown location squarely in … Continue reading →

By Richard (RJ) Eskow 04/07/2013 Falling income. Unaffordable colleges. A dying middle class. Young people without hope. The greatest economic inequality in modern history. And yet, in the midst of the Long Depression, we’re told that the president intends to … Continue reading →