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Blog post January 29, 2016January 29, 2016

First Lesson from Flint: Repeal Emergency Management

As the calls grow for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s resignation – last night he was heckled out of a bar in his hometown of Ann Arbor –

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Blog post October 7, 2015October 7, 2015

The Last Days of the Water Wars

This fictional story takes place in the not-so-distant future in Donbartville™, Michigan. This thriving downtown core of the failed city of

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Blog post September 29, 2015

“These our HOMES — y’all can’t take em”

I’m moved by this song by Detroit artist Mic Write. Bold and beautiful defiance in the face of a foreclosure monster. Come out and

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Blog post June 25, 2015June 25, 2015

Let me welcome you back to Detroit, Ford.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy. -Henry Ford Last week, the Ford Foundation – the charitable fund created by Edsel and Henry Ford and

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Blog post June 4, 2015

Detroit Workers and Builders: Rebuilding Hope

Click here to learn more & pitch in to the campaign! Justin Wedes is a community organizer, activist and the Founder & President of the

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Blog post June 2, 2015June 2, 2015

Rebuilding Hope in the Motor City

I woke up this morning with a wide grin on my face, and instead of the typical morning yawn and stretch routine I let out a laugh. My mind was

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Blog post May 19, 2015May 19, 2015

Why I’m Starting a Union in Detroit

There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood.

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Uncategorized May 14, 2015

Dispatch from Detroit: Turn Back on the Power

Last week, my good friend Pastor Ray Anderson of the House of Help Community Center in hard-hit northwest Detroit called me with some bad news:

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Blog post April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

This Year, Let’s Not Let Detroit Shut Off the Water

As the ground thaws, a now-familiar scene is beginning to re-enact itself on the streets of Detroit’s poorest neighborhoods. Those despised

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Blog post March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

Dispatch from Detroit: Life After Facebook

Two months ago, I walked out of the Facebook factory. I was tired of spending countless hours every day checking notifications. I had become

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