Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire By Fighting Words Staff During the 20th Annual Detroit MLK Day, a special appeal was made to progressive forces to oppose the lifting of the moratorium on water […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On March 12, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Michigan ordering public buildings and educational institutions closed for three weeks. By Monday, March 16, restaurants were closed for […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a halt to the ongoing water shut-offs in the state of Michigan in the midst of a global healthcare crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Detroit […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit — Public discontent over evictions, foreclosures, water shutoffs and substandard wages can only be ameliorated through organized action. During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 7, members of UNITE HERE […]
By Julia Samar Kassem Beginning with the Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013, more than 100,000 households were affected by water shutoffs in the city, a trend that has spiked and continued since in the post-emergency […]
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