Martha Grevatt

Supporters of fired Colombian workers confront GM

Detroit — For nearly two years members of Asotrecol — the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of General Motors…

June 16, 2013

Motor City Pride: ‘Marching toward equality’

This year’s Pride march in downtown Detroit on June 9 raised a timely slogan: “Marching toward equality.” Most lesbian, gay,…

June 13, 2013

Michigan protesters support Walmart workers

Close to 100 supporters of Walmart workers demonstrated June 7 outside the Walmart Super Center in Dearborn, Mich. Among them…

June 11, 2013

Grief and anger flow over murder of African-American transwoman in Cleveland

Despite many gains won through decades of struggle, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities are often…

May 22, 2013

Cleveland: A ‘house of horrors’ in a society of horrors

Before May 6, Georgina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight were unknown outside of the Cleveland area. DeJesus and Berry,…

May 13, 2013

Autoworkers coordinate worldwide

Autoworkers around the globe, who work for General Motors, Ford, Fiat/Chrysler and PSA Peugeot Citroën, coordinated efforts on May Day.…

May 11, 2013

Foreclosure defense movement stalls evictions

Coldwater, Mich., a town of 10,000 in the western half of the state, is no place one would expect to…

May 9, 2013

Emergency manager selected to kill jobs

Since March 25, the city of Detroit has been run by an unelected, 1%-beholden supreme dictator. On that day the…

May 2, 2013

Beyond socialism? A critical look at the ‘Cleveland model’

Until recently, Glenville — an African-American neighborhood on Cleveland’s economically depressed East Side — was best known for its 1968…

April 25, 2013

Fired for speaking out, Chrysler worker gets warm welcome back

The mood at the Chrysler stamping plant in Warren, Mich., is generally dour these days. Most workers are unhappy about…

April 25, 2013