Human needs before profits

Bankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffsBankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffs

Bankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffs

July 16 — A dog and pony show put on by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy…

July 17, 2014
Court testimony: ‘Detroit’s people will rise again’Court testimony: ‘Detroit’s people will rise again’

Court testimony: ‘Detroit’s people will rise again’

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, In re: City of Detroit, Debtor, Objection to “Plan of Adjustment.” Testimony by Kristen A. Hamel, Detroit…

July 16, 2014
Detroit protesters arrested for blocking water-shutoff trucksDetroit protesters arrested for blocking water-shutoff trucks

Detroit protesters arrested for blocking water-shutoff trucks

July 10 — Detroit activists concerned about the massive water shutoffs across this economically devastated city blocked entrances to the…

July 11, 2014

Class struggle and income inequality

Thomas Piketty has become famous because he’s pointed out that there has been a significant increase in wealth inequality in…

May 31, 2014
Water is a rightWater is a right

Water is a right

Detroiters fight shutoffs May 26 — The city of Detroit recently began to cut off water to residents behind in…

May 29, 2014

Mortgage crisis continues

A new report documents how millions of people across the U.S. continue to suffer the effects of the housing crisis…

May 22, 2014
Detroiters: ‘No cuts to our pensions!’Detroiters: ‘No cuts to our pensions!’

Detroiters: ‘No cuts to our pensions!’

Ballots will be sent the week of May 12 to tens of thousands of city of Detroit retirees to vote…

May 19, 2014

Superprofits and kidney disease

Capitalism has been good to David Tepper, who raked in $3.5 billion last year. That’s what 232,000 minimum-wage workers earn,…

May 16, 2014

Case of the missing workers

Politicians, pundits and the corporate media are strenuously patting themselves on the back for the new “official” April unemployment rate…

May 9, 2014