Martha Grevatt

Supreme Court pressed to grant right to marry

Last week the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for and against legalizing same-sex marriage. Plaintiffs from Michigan,…

May 8, 2015

Women combatants want to achieve peace

Colombia talks — in Cuba Peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government,…

May 6, 2015

Cop charged for autoworker’s near-lynching

Detroit — All too often racist police get away with murder. Brutal physical assaults against people of color go unpunished.…

April 29, 2015

Young autoworker dies at hands of Detroit police

On March 30, 24-year-old Anthony Clark Reed died at the hands of Detroit police. The young African-American nursing student, also…

April 7, 2015

Mass outrage over cops’ near-lynching of Black autoworker in Detroit

Detroit -- Millions of people around the United States have seen the video of the brutal beating and choking of…

April 6, 2015

At UAW convention, autoworkers show they want equal pay for equal work

This year, the United Auto Workers union will negotiate new contracts with auto and truck manufacturers General Motors, Ford and…

March 30, 2015

Oil strike breakthrough

March 22 — The U.S. oil refinery strike, which began Feb. 1, appears to be moving toward a resolution. The…

March 26, 2015

UAW and VW: Workers need a fighting union

Just over a year ago the National Labor Relations Board conducted a union representation election at the Volkswagen plant in…

March 9, 2015

Women and the Flint sit-down strike of 1937

The Flint, Mich., sit-down strike achieved victory 78 years ago on Feb. 11, 1937. After a 44-day occupation of General…

March 5, 2015

Oil strikers march on Marathon Petroleum as strike expands

Findlay, Ohio -- Over 200 oil strikers and supporters demonstrated on Feb. 24 in Findlay, Ohio, where the Marathon Petroleum…

February 26, 2015