The group that is coordinating an effort to repeal Michigan’s Emergency Manager law has launched an online documentary titled Dictators Over Communities of Color: Coming to a Town Near You.
Michigan Forward, together with the Advancement Project and New Media Advocacy Project, has produced More…
Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit) is working on legislation that would capture federal taxes paid by people and businesses in Detroit and use the money on redevelopment projects.
In commentary last night Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert points out that the U.S. as a whole is in worse financial shape than Benton Harbor — why not appoint a national Emergency Manager?
Gov. Rick Snyder, despite facing major protests against his policies and a recall campaign to remove him from office, told the Detroit News that he believes most voters support his policies:
About the recall he faces, Snyder said he didn’t think it would succeed. A Washtenaw County panel Friday
In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested that Detroit could be helped by a federal policy to encourage immigrants to locate there.
The Associated Press reports:
“Take a look at the big, old, industrial cities, Detroit, for example,”
The Reverend Jesse Jackson says the move by Benton Harbor Emergency Financial Manager Joseph Harris is illegal.
In an interview with Fox 2 News, Jackson says he will work with residents to take the issue to the U.S. Department of Justice and if necessary the U.S. Supreme More…
Benton Harbor may be the first city in the state to be completely taken over by an Emergency Manager under a new law that grants such appointees nearly unlimited power over local governments, but the first legal challenge has been filed by two Detroit pension boards.
As earlier reported by Michigan Messenger, activists in Detroit say Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surrounded a school in order to detain an undocumented resident.
In a follow up on the press conference held by the Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reforms, Khaalid Walls, spokesperson for ICE More…
Eight undocumented youth from around the country — including one from Michigan — have moved to shut down a major thoroughfare in Atlanta to protest state laws that ban enrollment in state universities by undocumented youth.
“We feel that the time for us to stand up has come. I am More…
Being fourth is not usually something to be proud of, but for Detroit is a huge leap forward. For many years the city has been cited as the most segregated community in the country, but new census numbers released last month show the city’s segregation is beginning to break down. More…
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