Kris Balderas-Hamel

Motor City Pride revs up

The Motor City Pride Fest took place in downtown Detroit on June 11-12. The annual event is Michigan’s largest LGBTQ…

June 15, 2016

Outrage as student rapist gets slap on wrist

Powerful protests, both vocal and silent, punctuated the Stanford University commencement on June 12. Dozens of graduating students expressed their…

June 14, 2016

Mississippi poised to enact anti-LGBT*Q law

April 4 — On the evening of Wednesday, March 30, the Mississippi Senate voted to pass the so-called “Protecting Freedom…

April 6, 2016

Demonstration to demand: ‘Justice for Flint! Make GM pay!’

General Motors announced Feb. 3 gargantuan profits for 2015. The auto giant netted $9.7 billion after what little it pays…

February 4, 2016

GET THE LEAD OUT!

More horrors are being exposed daily by the corporate-owned news media regarding the criminal water poisoning of Flint, Mich., residents.…

February 2, 2016

Detroit teachers beat back injunction against sick-out actions

Jan. 25 -- Teachers in the Detroit Public Schools scored a major legal victory today when, for the second time,…

January 26, 2016

Maestras/os en Detroit exponen crisis escolar

Una serie de ausencias por enfermedad durante varios meses por las/os maestros del sistema de Escuelas Públicas de Detroit (DPS…

January 26, 2016

Detroit teachers expose school crisis

A series of rolling sickouts for several months by teachers across the Detroit Public Schools system culminated on Monday, Jan.…

January 21, 2016

Protests denounce ICE raids

When the Washington Post leaked on Dec. 23 that the Barack Obama administration would begin a series of raids by…

January 12, 2016

Terrorist attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado

Nov. 30 -- A second terrorist attack in the same week occurred in the United States on Nov. 27, just…

December 1, 2015