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Monthly Archives: March, 2016

Why are they poisoning our children?

  Tammy Loren, a mother of four who lives in Flint, recently told the New York Times, “My trust in everybody is completely gone, out...

The elections and demands of dispossessed

With election season upon us, the role of government is being debated by the American people. With so many struggling to survive, the question of government’s responsibility for the people’s well-being is on the national ...

Formerly homeless mother speaks at Super Bowl protest

I am very happy to be here with you to take a stand today. They have changed San Francisco so much for their private party. They have privatized public space ...

San Jose renters struggling to survive

Renters in San Jose continue to live under enormous pressures from egregious rents and a lack of enforcement around tenant concerns with unsafe living ...

Dictatorship in Michigan: Flint Water Warriors expose the truth

On this page we present the voices of those in Flint, Detroit, and Benton Harbor, Michigan, and across the nation, who are waging a determined struggle ...

Nationwide solidarity with Flint

In the face of government inaction, individuals, organizations, unions, doctors and many others are rallying in the defense of the people of Flint. Here are some ...

Excerpt from “Water es Vida”

he who controls the water enslaves the world she who pollutes the water destroys herself he who puts a price on the water

Lawyer discusses police killing of Michigan teen

The People’s Tribune interviewed Hugh M. Davis, the attorney representing the family of Deven Guilford, a 17-year-old killed by police on February 28, 2015 ...

“If Blacks can’t rise up, nobody is really secure,” says activist

Melina Abdullah is chair of the Pan African Studies Department at Cal State LA, and a well-known activist. In January of 2015 she was part of an encampment ...

Solace zine: Photography feeds the homeless

My name is David Guzman and I’m 21yrs old from Orange County, CA. As strong advocates for the homeless community, my brother, Stevie, and I run a small ...

School of Social Work students tackle homelessness

Students in Associate Professor Dona Reese’s Social Work class conducted a research study last semester to look into the rising homelessness in the ...

Chicago declares war on teachers

Chicago's mayor, his school board chief and the governor of Illinois are trying to force a Chicago teachers strike this spring. Why? Because they want ...

Detroit: A tale of two cities

The Detroit after bankruptcy report depends on whose view one accepts. Representatives from Wall Street and the corporations called it a success on ...

next time you’re in Chicago

next time you're in Chicago ride the 155 bus look around at the faces young and old, so beautiful -- they reflect the whole globe --

Reverend Pinkney’s message cannot be silenced!

Rev Pinkney is a political prisoner. He languishes in prison, now for over 400 days, for the ‘crime’ of exercising his democratic rights on behalf of the people ...

Corporations own America!

Corporate interests, not the people, for all intents and purposes now own America. Moneyed interests control the political process and routinely pour millions ...

Voices from Benton Harbor

“There’s an inequality problem here. There’s no due process. There’s judges sitting here for years locking up 15-year-olds living in extreme poverty. ...

Free Rev. Pinkney!

Defender of the poor and a political prisoner—Rev. Pinkney sounded the alarm early on about the threat of the iron fist of the emergency manager system ...

STAY WOKE

says the young woman’s sign the youth are waking up and getting ready to bring a new thing in ...

As things get worse . . .

More and more calls are coming into the MI Welfare Rights office from parents who are searching for answers where there are no answers. They call because they have reached the 5-year (60 months) cap that allowed unemployed ...