Detroit
Family hopeful after deportation delay
September 1, 2011A few hours after Wednesday's press conference to protest the Friday deportation of Florencio Avila Cachu, word was received the case will be reviewed.
Read moreMichigan labor ready to march on Labor Day, win in 2012
August 25, 2011With a Republican governor and Republican-controlled legislature, Labor Day Mobilization Luncheon took on special significance.
Read moreWhere auto history was made, calls to “Retool for Peace”
August 11, 2011The only reminder that manufacturing once took place here is a historic marker in front of the shuttered building.
Read morePhilip Levine named country’s poet laureate
August 10, 2011Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate.
Read moreImmigrant rights leaders demand accountability, not “whitewash”
August 4, 2011Even though officers in tinted-glass SUVs surrounded the Hope of Detroit Academy elementary school, playground and adjacent church, ICE's investigation found no wrongdoing.
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