We’ve finally heard something we can believe in! Today, in wake of the U.S. housing crisis, Presidential Candidate Barack Obama called for a 90 day national moratorium on foreclosures. He presented this proposal as part…
In September, MWRO discussed the idea of a new company using shipping containers as low-income housing for poor people. They estimate these refabricated homes to cost about $10,000 each. Now there’s a local development group…
Rightly so, a Chicago area sheriff has refused to carry out any more evictions against renters suffering the consequences of mortgage-foreclosed landlords. According to CNN, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart blames mortgage companies and banks for…
As Wall Street banks and U.S. government officials continue to figure out how to dole out billions of taxpayer dollars, we now hear that some of these corporate welfare companies are still lavishing themselves at…
From the Sep-Oct 2008 issue of Critical Moment Water is a right! By Fred Vitale (MWRO Volunteer Coordinator) The June 22 resignation of Victor Mercado as head of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD),…
Early in the US Presidential elections, a few contenders were discussing the plight of the poor and what we must do as a country to change this of recruitment ofMAG in order to investigate the…
That’s the premise behind, FLOW–an award-winning documentary that interviews scientists and activists alike about the growing water privatization crisis and the world’s dwindling fresh water supply. FLOW investigates the insidious $425 billion a year private…
August 2008 America’s poor and disenfranchised are languishing in the misery of rising poverty, a circumstance mostly ignored across the country. A nation that does not have a concrete plan for the elimination of poverty…
The strongest and clearest candidate in the Presidential race is by far, the underdog, Cynthia McKinney, Green Party. That campaign cannot compete with the millions of dollars being spent by the Elephants and Donkeys, so…
Despite overwhelming odds, the Green Party’s Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente, have been criss crossing the country meeting with voters and discussing their platform. But you’d never know it given…