A few days ago, in the aftermath of a quick post about the ongoing water crisis in Detroit, a reader by the name of Anne left a comment suggesting that, to a large extent, non-profits working in the City were steering clear of the issue. As I read her comment, she seemed to be of […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Uncategorized | Tagged Abayomi Azikiwe, Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, DWSD, Food and Water Watch, Jean Ross, Maureen Taylor, Meredith Begin, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Monica Lewis-Patrick, Moratorium Now, National Nurses United, Peter Hammer, United Nations, water, Wayne State University, We the People Detroit | I couldn’t attend, as I had something else I had to attend to, but my friends Ben and Lindsay hosted a mayoral debate on Monday night at the downtown Ypsilanti library. Here’s the video. If you hit “play” right now, we can watch it together…. Actually, just give me a couple of minutes. I want […]
A few days ago, at the Netroots Nation conference, I had the good fortune to catch a session with former presidential candidate, and progressive standard bearer, Howard Dean. Following is the first of three videos I hope to post over the coming weeks, accompanied by my quick attempt at transcription. In this clip, you’ll hear […]
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2004, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Convio, Democratic National Committee, Dick Cheney, Dick Gephardt, Eugene McCarthy, foreign policy, George Bush, Howard Dean, Iowa, Iraq war, Jim Jeffords, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, John Kerry, Netroots Nation, Presidential politics, Saddam Hussein, Sandy Berger, SEIU, Susan Rice, Vietnam, Wesley Clark | One of my favorite people in the whole world, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, dropped by the Netroots Nation conference yesterday in Detroit to talk about banking reform, the threat of oligarchy, the fight to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and those things that she feels that we, as Progressives, are ready to fight for. […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Detroit, Politics | Tagged big banks, corporate personhood, corporations are not people, corruption, Elizabeth Warren, gay rights, infrastructure, lobbyists, marriage equality, minimum wage, net neutrality, Netroots Nation, populism, power grid, Presidential politics, Progressive platform, progressive politics, social security, student loan debt, tax loopholes, too big to fail, trade agreements, unfair policies, Wall Street reform | I’m heading back into the conference now, but here are a few photos from today’s protest in response to the water issue in Detroit… I don’t know what the powers that be in Detroit must have been thinking when they decided to shut the water off now, just as 3,000 of our nation’s most radical […]
