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06/08/2019

Oh YES!!!!

There are some almost fallish feeling days on the way soon.

06/02/2016

In addition to damaging the health of Flint residents, we contend that your Administration’s actions have also undermined their potential for maximizing earnings and accumulating wealth over a lifetime...

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 The Honorable Rick Snyder Governor State of Michigan P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 As a coalition of more than 200 experts who are focused on building wealth for communities of color, we believe that it is vital for all public leaders in the U.S. to commit to advancing…

31/12/2014

The Michigan Citizen published its last weekly edition Dec. 28, 2014. http://buff.ly/1HZYlO1

The Michigan Citizen published its last weekly edition Dec. 28, 2014.

29/12/2014

"For most of the past year we endured the accelerated, brutal force of efforts to turn our city into a profit center for corporate greed at the expense of our children, our elders, and the life of people who have sustained the city for generations. We have learned some important lessons through these struggles. Read more:

As 2014 gives way, new energies are swirling through the country, bringing hope of real change, based on values that respect life and the earth that sustains us. Much of this hope comes from the resistance...

29/12/2014

Failures without consequences http://michigancitizen.com/2014-a-year-of-emergencies/

2014: A year of emergencies Posted by: The Michigan Citizen Posted date: December 29, 2014 In: Featured News, Front Page, Top Stories of the Week | comment : 0 Failures without consequences By Curt GuyetteSpecial to the Michigan Citizen In terms of emergency management, 2014 proved to be one hell of…

24/12/2014

Pierre Anthony captures love, pain of living in Detroit http://buff.ly/1vaLBgu

“You better watch your mouth,” sang Pierre Anthony as he banged out a drum beat on a wooden chair brought up to the stage for his performance at the Jazz Cafe on Dec. 19, “and wipe your feet before...

24/12/2014

Activists around the US are angered over racial injustice in southwest Michigan http://buff.ly/1rg9SGE

Michigan political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney is now being held in Jackson state prison. He remains in good spirits despite what many Michigan citizens have labeled the “racial injustice” that has...

24/12/2014

"It is unintelligent and unhealthy to have a foot on your neck, and not use all means available to remove the foot. All resistance to oppression is healthy for the oppressed... I am encouraged by this latest wave of resistance. But, while this activism is encouraging, and protesting is significant, it is clearly not enough. We need a long-term strategy guided by a clear vision of the society that we seek to bring into being."

Young people across the United States have recently set off a wave of resistance to police murders and a “justice system” that doesn’t value Black life. Direct action campaigns in and around Ferguson,...