John Rummel
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Rummel
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Environment
Detroit protests tar sands facilities
June 26, 2013"From start to finish, these tar sands are a terrible idea."
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U.S.
Huge crowd pledges to fight for MLK’s ‘Dream’
June 25, 2013Fifty years after Dr. King first gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" to 100,000 in this city, a diverse sea of people again flooded a two-mile stretch of Woodward Ave, Detroit's main thoroughfare.
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U.S.
Michigan rally slams Republicans’ “Education Inc.” agenda
June 21, 2013LANSING, Mich. - Pam Kirchens believes that a free quality public education is the cornerstone of a democratic society and that every child in Michigan deserves access to equal and excellent public education.
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U.S.
Detroit remembers 50 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
June 11, 2013Why are tens of thousands again prepared to march in Detroit? "We need a better Detroit, better Michigan, better jobs, and better justice, to turn the dream of 1963 into the reality of 2013."
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Labor
Attention Walmart: Part time at $7.40 equals poverty
June 7, 2013DEARBORN, Mich. - Three weeks ago, 400 fast food workers across Metro Detroit shocked their employers by walking off the job demanding a living wage of $15.00 an hour.
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U.S.
Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
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Labor
Fast food wages equal “junk food money”
May 13, 2013"Seven dollars and forty cents is junk food money - you have to fight for what is right."
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U.S.
Those pushing school reform have never been in a classroom
May 10, 2013Respect teachers? The Republican-dominated Michigan legislature has done the exact opposite.
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