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A FOUR-PART IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF DEAL BY DIANE BUKOWSKI  Blackstone owns 70% of Vanguard; CEO compared Obama to Hitler  DETROIT – Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will announce his decision on the transfer of the Detroit Medical Center to Nashville-based … Continue reading →

   Cuts in “unprofitable” services like pre and post-natal care likely  Vanguard will provide “core services” for a minimum of ten years “at one or more hospitals,” according to a list of “Frequently Asked Questions” authored by the AG’s office. … Continue reading →

Bias: Former Cox-Duggan relationship, no independent review of Vanguard health systems  State law charges Cox’s office with performing an independent review of the transfer of a non-profit to a for-profit before rendering an opinion. How independent that review has been … Continue reading →

  Health Care for All Was DMC denied access to bond markets?  DMC CEO Duggan has said the transfer to Vanguard is necessary because Wall Street turned its back when he tried to float bonds to finance upgrades of DMC … Continue reading →

  Detroit house fire By D’Artagnan Collier, Socialist Equality candidate, 5th district DETROIT – Sept. 9 -The house fires that have swept through sections of Detroit Tuesday evening, destroying or damaging at least 85 homes and other structures, are a … Continue reading →

  Renaissance High students forced out before Bobb speaks, in center student shows suspension slip for accidentally having his ID badge backwards NO STAFF, BILINGUAL TEACHERS, SPACE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS  From School Board Member Elena Herrada   As a … Continue reading →

  From Electronic Village Michael Ford,50, had been on life support since police used a taser on him back on August 14. He died on August 26 when his family consented to having him removed from life support. Here is … Continue reading →

By Lee Higgins, Ann Arbor.com A Belleville man who was Tasered during a drug bust at his mother’s Superior Township home Friday  died less than two hours later at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, family members said. Pearlie Jackson says she was … Continue reading →

 By Diane Bukowski  DETROIT – The Aug. 28 “Jobs, Justice and Peace” march in Detroit was thousands strong, led by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and other unions, RainbowPUSH, the Moratorium NOW! coalition and … Continue reading →

Why the combat might not really be over By Robert Dreyfuss Let’s get the good news out of the way first. In President Obama’s Iraq speech last week, he said that the U.S. combat role in Iraq has ended and … Continue reading →