John Rummel
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Environment
Flint pediatrician says kids can make it with lots of help
February 11, 2016Suggestions include early childhood intervention, expansion of WIC, breast feeding education, expansion of mental health services, nutritional services, and mobile food banks.
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Environment
Diverse movement for justice grows in Detroit
October 7, 2015"This is a grassroots effort that began last year with the huge climate march rally in New York City."
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U.S.
Ending racism key to U.S. justice, says Detroit law professor
May 11, 2015A failing criminal justice system proves that we are not living in a "post-racial" era.
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Labor
Quill Pettway, 94: A giant laid to rest
January 20, 2015Quill Pettway, labor organizer and civil rights pioneer was part of a generation of Communists and radicals who made Detroit's rich labor and civil rights history.
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Labor
New UAW president out to end inequality
December 16, 2014In a Q and A with journalists from Detroit and across the country, addressing "inequality" in the workplace and community was a common thread.
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Labor
Detroit fast food workers arrested during strike for wages and union
September 4, 2014As they were taken away hundreds of supporters chanted "We want $15 and we want it now."
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U.S.
Detroit Labor Day: Democracy not for sale!
September 2, 2014"The concentration of wealth in too few hands and growing inequality is hitting hard at working families."
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Labor
China and Russia have workers councils but not Chattanooga
June 5, 2014Workers in the United States know organizing here in the belly of the corporate beast is no easy task.
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