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  Posted: 02/29/12 02:37 AM ET | Updated: 02/29/12 08:42 AM ET By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Stockton, California’s city council approved a plan late on Tuesday night for the city to skip some bond payments … Continue reading →

 Bloomberg News  By Romy Varghese –Mar 9, 2012 3:49 PM ETFri Mar 09 20:49:49 GMT 2012  Harrisburg (9661MF), Pennsylvania’s insolvent capital, says it will miss general-obligation bond payments for the first time next week as its receiver seeks approval for … Continue reading →

Free Davontae Rally set for Monday, April 23 at 8 a.m. Frank Murphy Hall By Diane Bukowski March 25, 2012 PLEASE sign the petition …… http://www.change.org/petitions/new-trial-for-davontae-sanford?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition DETROIT – Supporters of Davontae Sanford, who was 14 when he was sentenced to … Continue reading →

By Greg Thrasher, VOD Washington Bureau contributing editor In America life for Black folks has always been fought with various degrees, realties of racism and oppression. The ebb and flow of contempt for our very essence and being has often … Continue reading →

Commentary By Attorney Jerry Goldberg (first speaker in video above) March 21, 2012 DETROIT – On March 12, 2012, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder proposed a “consent agreement” between the state and the City of Detroit for oversight of the city’s … Continue reading →

Residents blame “white supremacy” as state and city officials, appeals court  collude to disenfranchise residents and worsen living conditions By Diane Bukowski  March 25, 2o12 DETROIT – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, and State Treasurer Andy Dillon, in collusion with Detroit city … Continue reading →

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  A Detroit rally is being organized to take place on MONDAY, March 26th, at 6pm – Hart Plaza, to show our support for JUSTICE for Trayvon Martin, the … Continue reading →

VIDEO ABOVE: Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and a MacArthur Fellow, will argue the cases of Miller v. Alabama, 10-9646 and Jackson v. Arkansas, 10-9647 before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of two … Continue reading →

By Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman March 7, 2012 Hello! It’s amazing what one can learn just by talking to strangers who can become acquaintances. I want to get this out there because I was stunned when my waitress made … Continue reading →