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 Allowed Sept. 25 presentation by state, DEGC, Bing administration Brown, Tate, Jenkins, Cockrel, Jr. others considering revisions  By Diane Bukowski  Oct. 17, 2012 DETROIT— The unexpected cancellation of the City Council Oct. 18 committee hearing on Belle Isle, described in … Continue reading →

THE EMERGENCY MANAGER ACT THREATENS EVERYONE IN MICHIGAN VIDEO ABOVE: Nick Ciaramitaro, Director of Legislation and Public Policy at Michigan AFSCME Council 25, breaks down reasons to VOTE NO on Proposal 1 (“A referendum on Public Act 4 of 2011 – … Continue reading →

Click on http://www.facebook.com/VoteVIPslate/events#!/VoteVIPslate and http://votevipslate.blogspot.com/ for contact and other information on the Vote VIP Slate. In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Detroit Chief of Police Warren Evans, right, and team stop a vehicle in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) VOD Editorial: … Continue reading →

By Glenn E. Morgan Jr   “Soldiers are made by other Men;   Warriors are born by God given Birthright”      –Aasiyaku Bisseau X. (pseudonym)    October 11, 2012         The mass incarceration of black men and other men-of-color in U.S.prisons warrants national and international attention … Continue reading →

Chiefs Ralph Godbee, who retired Oct. 8, and Warren Evans had affairs with subordinates who oversee police misconduct Killer cop Eugene Brown’s partner Vicki Yost was one of first DPD liaisons to DOJ for consent decree governing brutality Former Detroit Mayor … Continue reading →

BAMN rally on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol against Proposal 2, which banned affirmative action in Michigan institutions in 2006. It was later overturned by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a major victory, but Michigan Atty. … Continue reading →

By Mary Ratcliff, editor, San Francisco Bay View newspaper October 9, 2012 http://sfbayview.com/2012/death-row-prisoner-steve-champion-tookies-friend-on-hunger-strike-since-oct-4/ Stanley “Tookie” Williams, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, executed December 13, 2005.   Word has just reached us that Steve Champion, a prisoner on San Quentin’s … Continue reading →

By David Moberg Tuesday Oct 2, 2012  Several hundred supporters of strikers at a giant Walmart warehouse near Chicago converged on the tiny town of Elwood, IL, on Monday, effectively shutting down this key hub of the big retailer’s distribution … Continue reading →

KitchenAid tweet cites Obama’s grandmother’s death three days before 2008 election Benton Harbor residents have been boycotting Whirlpool/KitchenAid for years for destroying their city. VOTE NO ON PROPOSAL 1 TO REPEAL PUBLIC ACT 4 NOV. 6, 2012. VOD: the story … Continue reading →

All fired workers will be reinstated to their jobs The union won a victory on the most important issues that led to the strike PRESS RELEASE — Local 207 October 4, 2012 Today, after further negotiations with DWSD management, Local … Continue reading →