By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A demonstration was held outside the 36th District Court in Detroit on Mon. August 17, 2020 protesting the lifting of the moratorium on evictions imposed by both Gov. Gretchen Whitmer […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On August 14, the final abandoned home was demolished with the more than $265 million in Hardest Hit Homeowners Funds initially designed to preserve neighborhoods as opposed to their destruction in the […]
Native people have begun a campaign to change the name of a Detroit eastside neighborhood called “Indian Village” and its community newsletter “Smoke Signals.” Below is a letter delivered to the neighborhood association by a […]
By Unite All Workers for Democracy, Autoworkers Caravan and Moratorium Now Flex-N-Gate Detroit, a parts supplier for Ford, was built off the backs of Black community members on Detroit’s east side. Many lost their property […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff The Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability, composed of 17 Detroit-based organizations formed after the killing of Hakim Littleton by Detroit Police, held a press briefing on the necessity of […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These images were taken on Saturday, July 11, 2020 in downtown Detroit where two women-youth groups led demonstrations in support of the struggle to protect Black lives. One gathering began […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in downtown Detroit. There were two rallies in support of Indigenous and Black lives. One action began at Grand Circus […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Since May 29, thousands of people in Detroit and surrounding suburbs have held demonstrations in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the overall struggle against racism. Detroit officials responded to […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A “Power to the People” street mural was unveiled on June 19 (Juneteenth) along Woodward Avenue between Congress and Larned in downtown Detroit. The project was developed by local African […]
By Jerry Goldberg In a historic decision in the case of Gary B. v Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for the first time in U.S. history held that an education that […]
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