MWRO is working with local organizations to defend the right to housing and stop the nearly 75,000 tax-foreclosures scheduled to happen this year in Wayne County, Michigan, where Detroit is located. Please help us get…
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U.N. Special Rapporteurs, photo credit: TheGuardian.com This is the first of a two-part statement from MWRO on the United Nations visit to Detroit by two Special Rapporteurs on Detroit water shutoffs. On Oct. 20th, 2014,…
Detroit residents and activists are calling global attention to the city’s water crisis where the Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept is scheduling 3,000 shutoffs per week to low income families. This human rights violation is…
Calling Progressives: Geoffrey Fieger, Monica Lewis-Patrick, Jeff Edison, Rev. Ed Rowe, Ed Deeb, Nasser Beydoun, Rev. Bullock, Magic Johnson, Cornelius Pitts, JoAnn Watson, and all of the visionaries of Michigan…where the hell is our fight…
It’s Winter again and every year we know temperatures are going to go below the freezing point. If you’re homeless or living in poverty, there’s no way to escape the cold and protect yourself from…
As we prepare to take a bus load of low income people to the Michigan Supreme Court tomorrow, here’s another reminder of why this Emergency Manager issue is so significant Clin Invest. 2009; 119(5): 1089-92….
Dear Colleagues: You can’t make this stuff up. Here we are waiting for these almost four weeks for the appeals judges to render a decision on the public petition signatures against Public Act 4, and…
Local news stations have shared the correspondence that Michigan Governor Snyder has offered an opinion to the Appeals Judges who are about to render a decision whether or not to certify the signature process aimed at…
Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, talks about Michigan Republican legislative attempts to strip democracy, plus the emergency financial manager law in Michigan the docu-ods. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009; 109: 735-746….
(repost from Marilisa Kinney Sachteleben | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Fri, Sep 30, 2011) On Saturday, Oct. 1, 41,000 Michigan welfare recipients will lose cash benefits in the amount of approximately $515 each. Gov. Rick Snyder capped…