Detroit
Where auto history was made, calls to “Retool for Peace”
August 11, 2011The only reminder that manufacturing once took place here is a historic marker in front of the shuttered building.
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Philip Levine named country’s poet laureate
August 10, 2011Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate.
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Immigrant rights leaders demand accountability, not “whitewash”
August 4, 2011Even though officers in tinted-glass SUVs surrounded the Hope of Detroit Academy elementary school, playground and adjacent church, ICE's investigation found no wrongdoing.
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Auto workers face tough battle in contract talks
August 1, 2011With the current contract set to expire, contract negotiations for the 110,000 members of the United Auto Workers at Ford, GM and Chrysler opened.
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Detroit community demands end to racial profiling
July 7, 2011"How does a documented person look? Can a Border Patrol agent tell by physical appearance, or name, if someone is documented or not, a criminal or not?"
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