Dr. ML King, Jr., marching down Woodward Ave in downtown Detroit, 1963. Marching through Detroit, 1963. Photo from VoiceOfDetroit Then, and Now… Today marks the 46th year of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, April 4th,…
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Maureen Taylor, MWRO State Chair, models the new, hot MWRO t-shirt! MWRO T-SHIRTS are hot off the press!! Only $15 — in four colors and various sizes endothelial and positive physiological waves userâimpactsyndrome and a…
Across Michigan, Churches, Synagogues, Temples, Meeting Rooms, assorted places of worship, and in residences everywhere, the message of labor was spoken on the Sunday before Labor Day, and that message is clear… “we will not…
The Housing Is a Human Right Coalition is presenting to the Detroit City Council today at 1:00 p.m. its work to move homeless families into abandoned bank- and government-owned houses. The community is invited to…
Update: See Maureen Taylor’s NAACP award acceptance speech.Dear Family and Friends, Our own Maureen Taylor will be one of the people receiving a Freedom and Justice Award from the Detroit NAACP on its 100th birthday…
Dear Colleagues; On Thursday, those in attendance at the Board of Canvassers session witnessed something that shocked and horrified all. The event at 10am was to officially certify the signatures submitted to repeal Public…
The bipartisan Michigan Board of Canvassers on Thursday, April 26, 2012, voted along partisan lines — two Democrats in support and two Republicans against — and did not validate the 206,000 signatures against Public Act…
“Do the volatile financial markets, weak economy, rising inequality, and global protests mean that capitalism is failing us? Do we need a new system, or just reform of our current economic structures?” Listen to The…
Abandoned Detroit homes during Winter as captured by the filmmakers Please join Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and filmmaker Gail Mooney for the Detroit film premier of Opening Our Eyes. (View trailer) Filmed over 99 days…
In part two of this series from Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines program May 14, 2009, Despair, revival in Detroit Part 2, they take a closer look at what local residents are doing to survive in…