Andrew Wright
LATEST ARTICLES BY Andrew Wright
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U.S.
For the sake of our (mental) health, Detroit needs an alternative to policing
November 3, 2022The Motor City desperately needs an alternative to calling the police when mental health crises occur. Other locales have explored and tested new approaches worth studying.
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Politics
A ‘yes’ vote on Michigan’s Prop. 3 could save abortion access in the state
October 25, 2022The measure would overwrite a 91-year-old abortion ban found in the Michigan Penal Code.
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Politics
Fighting anti-communism and anti-Blackness: An interview with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly
October 6, 2022The Wayne State professor has a new co-edited book out featuring a collection of writings by Black Communist women.
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Labor
Strippers and sex workers on forefront of propaganda battle over workers’ rights
September 2, 2022If there is any takeaway from the efforts of strippers and sex workers today it’s that their particular struggle for rights is a lesson in organizing across all industries.
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U.S.
Federal ‘hot spot’ crime strategy in Detroit: More of the same?
June 27, 2022The initiative will bring federal prosecutions to neighborhoods where violent crimes are highest. Topping the charts are the neighborhoods on Detroit’s West and East Sides.
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U.S.
Detroit billionaire demands 10-year, $60 million tax break, taking money from schools
June 21, 2022Billionaire Dan Gilbert of Bedrock Management Services already got $200 in tax breaks and scored a prime piece of real estate for only $1.
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Politics
Trouble in Paradise: Key West’s runaway real estate market pushing out workers
June 16, 2022Once a city known for its progressive identity, Key West has been left vulnerable to a more reactionary tourist population by big property investors.
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Labor
Starbucks baristas win unions at four Michigan stores, set sights on ‘worker power’
June 9, 2022“We're hoping our union isn't just going to just be for our pay and benefits, but a tool to fight for worker power throughout the county and hopefully throughout Michigan and then the country and then...
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