At empty train depot, Detroiters demand jobs
DETROIT - They believe that if a negligent slumlord did what he was supposed to, the worst urban blight could be used to generate good jobs.
Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
Al Fishman, Michigan peace and justice champion, dies at 83
A Detroit City Council resolution mourning Fishman's loss called him "one of our city's finest peace, civil and human rights, and labor activists, advocates and champions."
Michigan’s 2012 battleground wars have begun
The goal for the next few months should be to rebuild the coalition of communities and movements that brought Barack Obama to the White House in 2008.
"Tony and Janina": Film of love, deportation to tour Michigan
To give the immigration debate a "human face" is the goal of director Ruth Leitman in her new film "Tony and Janina's American Wedding."
Nation's largest home builder asked to account for $900 million grant
In Michigan $900 million is missing and people want answers. Activists say PulteGroup Inc., the nations largest home builder, is to blame.
Michigan students exposed to high levels of pollution
A new study reveals that most of Michigan's public school students are exposed to high levels of pollution and GOP lawmakers there are ignoring steps to correct the problem.
Panel: Immigrants are big plus for places like Detroit
Did you know Southeast Michigan is home to 365,000 foreign-born residents, the second largest foreign-born population in the Great Lakes region? Well, it's a big plus for this hard-hit region, experts say.
At Michigan commencement, protest slams budget-cutting governor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Up in the sky, a plane floated a banner reading, "Some cuts never heal" as Republican Gov. Rick Snyder gave the University of Michigan commencement address on Saturday.
“Emergency powers” dictatorship seizes a Michigan city
Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder stripped the people of Benton Harbor, Mich., of their voting rights and their elected officials last week.
