Eight Years of Hell Come to an End!
By Maureen D. Taylor, MWRO State Chair Last week, my friend, confidant and great poet Ron Allen and I talked about the “State of the State.” I miss Ron who relocated out of the state…
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“Capitalism vs Democracy”
‘Cipients Speak! December 2008 by Maureen D. Taylor, MWRO State Chair As we come to the end of the year, MWRO sends out greetings to our members across the state and to the welfare rights…
Detroit’s Water Czar
While Congress and the White House toss around the fate of thousands of auto workers, and discuss the creation of a “Car Czar,” we thought we’d mention another local czar in the news, Judge John…
UAW Exposes GOP Efforts to Punish Organized Labor
By Maureen D. Taylor, MWRO State Chairperson Last Friday, Dec. 12th, 2008, two days after the 60th anniversary that the Declaration of Human Rights was signed, the American worker was stabbed by corporate capitalism and…
Detroit’s Most Activist Church Awards NAACP’s Julian Bond
By Gwendolyn Gaines and Sylvia Orduño Central United Methodist Church is located in the heart of Detroit, MI, at the north end of downtown and adjacent to the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park and the Lions’…
Poverty Summit Party Crashing
Today in Detroit, there are three events of concern to us…and we were invited to two of them. Working backwards, we’re attending two evening events with great community organizations: United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC), and…
Election Comments from MWRO State Chair
By Maureen D. Taylor State Chairperson, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization When President-elect Obama first went to Iowa and won that primary, I thought it was an anomaly. When he won again in New Hampshire among…
GOOD BYE, VICTOR MERCADO!!
Join Michigan Welfare Rights as we send the former Director of the Detroit Water Department out of the City, and out of the State evaluate 0.77-0.98, p=0.04)Appropriateness clini-find different, such as those proposed by theAmericanrare…