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Is There An Answer to the Deficit Dilemma? By Mark Brenner June 3, 2011 Labor Notes While today’s report of nonexistent job growth has the media in a tizzy, working people didn’t need the latest temperature check to tell them … Continue reading →

  De’Jaun Correia, nephew of Troy Davis, who has mentored him all his life Photos/Jen Marlowe by Jen Marlowe Wednesday, June 1 2011, 9:00 AM EST  http://colorlines.com/ “De’Jaun, come over here, I want to talk to you.” De’Jaun Correia, a … Continue reading →

By Nicole Conaway June 1, 2011 On May 26, Detroit Public Schools Emergency manager Roy Roberts announced changes to the district’s school consolidation and closure plan.  Claiming it was in response to “broad community input” the modifications are ostensibly to ”cut … Continue reading →

 By Don DeBar June 1, 2011    (As published in the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper at http://sfbayview.com/2011/mckinney-leads-dignity-delegation-of-independent-journalists-to-libya-on-fact-finding-mission/) Today, independent journalists from across the United States departed on a truth-telling, fact-finding mission to Libya. This coincides with what was supposed … Continue reading →

DETROIT, June 1, 2011 Despite the huge turnout at a May 13 court hearing to support attorney Vanessa Fluker, Chief Judge Virgil C. Smith has handed down a ruling denying her request to recuse Judge Robert Colombo from a client’s … Continue reading →

  No cuts by Snyder, Bing, or Council; no EM! By Diane Bukowski DETROIT – All over the world, poor and working people are rising up against the International Monetary Fund and the international banks. During the G-20 summit held … Continue reading →

From the Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee (JAJC) Detroit Gross mismanagement Lack of oversight Passing the buck Sounds familiar?  The Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee (JAJC) views the Detroit Police Department Crime Lab debacle as a reflection of the worst … Continue reading →

Voters and Community Groups Intervening in Suit to Ensure that All New Yorkers Are Equally Represented in State and Local Legislatures May 20th, 2011 Albany, NY – This week, top civil rights organizations filed a motion in New York Supreme … Continue reading →

  By the CNN Wire Staff May 22, 2011 11:56 a.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS McKinney says she was invited by the “nongovernmental organization for fact-finding” McKinney: “Last thing we need to do is spend money on death, destruction and war” McKinney: … Continue reading →