Michigan
Panel: Immigrants are big plus for places like Detroit
May 3, 2011Did you know Southeast Michigan is home to 365,000 foreign-born residents, the second largest foreign-born population in the Great Lakes region? Well, it's a big plus for this hard-hit region, experts say.
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At Michigan commencement, protest slams budget-cutting governor
May 2, 2011ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Up in the sky, a plane floated a banner reading, "Some cuts never heal" as Republican Gov. Rick Snyder gave the University of Michigan commencement address on Saturday.
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“Emergency powers” dictatorship seizes a Michigan city
April 21, 2011Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder stripped the people of Benton Harbor, Mich., of their voting rights and their elected officials last week.
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Outcry grows over Detroit ICE tactics
April 19, 2011Rep. Luis Gutierrez led a 1,000-strong rally here Monday, spurred by an incident in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in SUVs surrounded an elementary school.
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Thousands at Michigan Capitol: We are the people
April 13, 2011A cross-section of the people's movement poured into the Michigan Capitol grounds today with this message: "We are the people - protect us, not the CEOs."
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