Tag: Michigan
From Flint To Standing Rock To Upstate NY, Organizing To Save...
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Congress: Flint Residents Can Wait for Clean Water
"The people of Flint deserved assistance more than a year ago, and they require assistance now, without further delay."
Michigan Spent Eight Months Drug Testing The Poor And Found Zero...
Preliminary results from the state's welfare drug testing pilot program found it spent more than $300 but didn't find a single drug user.
Michigan Attorney General Sues Companies Involved in Flint Water Crisis
Shuette’s lawsuit alleges that LAN, Veolia, and their affiliated corporations must be held responsible for “their roles in the events known as the Flint Water Crisis."
BREAKING: Criminal Charges for 3 Over Flint Water Crisis is “Only...
Attorney General Bill Schuette stated that these charges are “only the beginning” and that no one guilty will be able to escape justice because “no one is above the law.”
Scathing Report Blames State and Federal Government For Flint Water Crisis
“The Flint water crisis occurred when state-appointed emergency managers replaced local representative decision-making in Flint, removing the checks and balances and public accountability that come with public decision-making.”
Group Claims Snyder Is Illegally Using Millions In Taxpayer Money To...
Progress Michigan has filed a legal complaint against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's request to pay two law firms $1.2 million related to Flint lawsuits.
Michigan and Mississippi: Should Red-state Delegates Vote on the Nomination of...
Sanders' campaign manager has called Clinton a “regional candidate.” Michigan confirms that to be a fair description of a candidate who has yet to win any blue state, with the one exception where there is an allegation pending that “the election was likely stolen.”
The Reason Bernie Sanders Defied The Polls In Michigan
Polls had been showing Clinton ahead in the state up until voting day. Here's how Bernie beat the odds.
The Referendum That Might Have Headed Off Flint’s Water Crisis
Michigan’s voters decided to scrap the kind of super-empowered emergency managers who made questionable decisions in Flint – but state lawmakers found a way to revive the program.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.