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By Diane Bukowski Putting Detroit Public Schools on the charter auction block recalls nothing more clearly than the sale of African children by plantation owners as their families wept. After kidnapped Africans won their freedom, one of the first things … Continue reading →

  Catherine Ferguson students, children and supporters target Horace Sheffied’s DABO offices May 19 at Grand River and Wyoming Catherine Ferguson students target Sheffield, Roberts in protests against closings, charters By Diane Bukowski DETROIT—Encouraged by extensive national coverage of their … Continue reading →

  The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns ‘terrible things are sure to happen. ‘ … Continue reading →

 By Carole Kronberg Dear Charter Commission Members and Members of the Media Serving Detroit:  I write in the hope of mitigating the future, potentially disastrous effects (which will reflect upon all of you) of what I continue to see as a great injustice being … Continue reading →

wsws.org By Tobin Reese 23 May 2011 Several thousand teachers, students and other workers came together at the state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan on Saturday in opposition to cuts in public education. In recent days, the Republican-controlled legislature has … Continue reading →

By David Rambeau,  free-lance writer on the Detroit Plantation April 18, 2011  “Tell the truth to the people, tell no lies, claim no easy victories.”  Amilcar Cabral, African revolutionary  This year, as usual, the city of Detroit must develop and … Continue reading →

 By Diane Bukowski DETROIT – After listening to arguments in front of a packed courtroom supporting “peoples’ attorney” Vanessa Fluker May 13, Wayne County Circuit Court Chief Judge Virgil Smith is to rule this week on the recusal of Judge … Continue reading →

 Submitted by Kenny Snodgrass  CNA , HONG KONG, Taipei Times  An international study has found that the Chinese people originated not from “Peking Man” in northern China, but from early humans in East Africa who moved through South Asia to … Continue reading →

  Aiyana Jones’ father Charles Jones and Dominique Simpson grieve in front of window shattered by cop grenade, the morning of her murder   Is deal part of cover-up of cop murder of 7-year-old child?  By Diane Bukowski May 20, … Continue reading →