Michigan
Occupation spreads to Detroit!
October 18, 2011Occupy Detroit started off with a bang as close to 1000 people left the Spirit of Detroit statue and marched down Woodward Ave. to Grand Circus Park where an encampment has begun.
Read moreEPA to hire the unemployed in Michigan
September 8, 2011The program will specifically target Michigan's youth - who suffer nearly 50 percent unemployment rates in Detroit.
Read moreMichigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible
August 30, 2011Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.
Read moreEmergency manager cuts endanger Detroit schools
August 17, 2011Ten thousand Detroit Public Schools teachers and support staff are quickly finding out how undemocratic Michigan's emergency manager law is.
Read moreWhere 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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