Andrew Wright
LATEST ARTICLES BY Andrew Wright
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Culture
Detroit Institute of Arts workers form a union, shedding light on labor power in the art world
November 10, 2025DIA workers are fighting for better working conditions, better pay, and better management.
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Politics
Recovery from addiction has gone mobile in Metro Detroit
April 12, 2024Recovery on wheels is now available, and the problems people face go beyond drugs.
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Opinion
The ‘uncommitted’ movement—Will it matter in November?
March 25, 2024The numbers people say the future is set and that the protests won’t matter. But the “uncommitted” don’t plan on being ignored.
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Politics
Unreliable service, unaffordable rates: Ann Arbor coalition aims to municipalize electricity
March 6, 2024DTE keeps raising rates, but customers aren’t seeing much investment in sustainability.
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En español
La coalición de Michigan se enfrenta a los gigantes de los servicios públicos
February 27, 2024El objetivo de la coalición es recuperar el poder político de empresas de servicios públicos como DTE y Consumers Energy.
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Environment
Michigan monopoly: Citizen coalition takes on utility giants
February 27, 2024It’s a typical monopoly story: Profits are up, but service and safety are down.
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Culture
Cory Doctorow’s The Internet Con: The long con of boring politics
January 12, 2024“This is a shovel-ready book. It explains, in nontechnical language, how to dismantle Big Tech’s control over our digital lives.”
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Labor
Shut your mouth and consider yourself lucky: The fight for a strippers’ union
January 10, 2024There’s a lot of debate on the topic of exploitation and sex work, but there’s a lot of overlap in how people are treated, no matter what job they occupy.
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