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Progressive Rashida Tlaib Calls Primary Victory 'A Resounding Mandate to Put People Before Profits'

New Local Lawsuit Challenges 'Violent and Unlawful' Attacks on Portland Protesters by Trump's Secret Police Force

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A crowd of about 1,500 protesters gather at the Multnomah County Justice center for a Black Lives Matter march on July 20, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Monday night marked 54 days of protests in the city. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

"There is no positive delegation of authority in any law that makes the federal government's recent forays into general policing in Portland either legal or constitutional."

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'Fascism Coming to a City Near You': Trump Pledges to Deploy Secret Police Units to Major US Cities

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A protester wearing a mask holds a sign that reads, "American was never great! We need to Overthrow this system!" in front of a mural with New York Police Department officers in full riot gear and the banner above them that says, "Demilitarize The Police" during a march in Manhattan on July 18, 2020. (Photo: Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

The president also praised federal agents for doing a "fantastic job" with a...

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ACLU Demands Lawmakers Act After Michigan Man Wrongfully Arrested 'Because Face Recognition Can't Tell Black People Apart'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Robert and Melissa Williams, and their young daughters, appeared in a video circulated Wednesday by the ACLU. (Photo: ACLU/YouTube)

"It's past time for lawmakers to prevent the continued use of this technology...

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Workers leave Fiat Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly on March 18, 2020 after the Detroit three automakers agreed to UAW demands to shut down all North America plants as a precaution against coronavirus.

Big 3 Automakers Shut Down as Coronavirus Outbreak Grinds US Industry to a Halt

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden meets workers and discusses gun rights as he tours the Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan on March 10, 2020.

'You Wanna Go Outside With Me?' Joe Biden Tries to Fight Union Worker After Disagreement Over Gun Control

Biden Rally

Biden Says 'The Bernie Bros Are Here' as Protesters Disrupt Detroit Rally to Denounce NAFTA, Champion Green New Deal

A demonstrator holds a sign during a Detroit water shutoffs rally in 2014.

'About Damn Time': Detroit Pauses Water Shutoffs Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Then-Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) speaks during a hearing before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee June 21, 2007. Conyers died Sunday.

Former Rep. John Conyers, Who Served in Congress for 53 Years, Dies at 90

Rep. Rashida Tlaib hugs Sen. Bernie Sanders at a rally at Cass Tech High School in Detroit on Oct. 27, 2019.

'It Always Seems Impossible Until it Is Done': Bernie Sanders, at Detroit Rally With Rashida Tlaib, Calls on Audience to Believe in a Better Future

Slamming Use of Poor Communities as 'Dumping Grounds' by Corporate Polluters, Jay Inslee Unveils Plan to Hold Fossil Fuel Giants Accountable

Abdul El-Sayed

Making Case for Green New Deal, Abdul El-Sayed Argues It's Also a Public Health New Deal

Striking workers in Kansas City, Missouri

Despite Hundreds of Arrests, Striking Workers Undaunted in Fight for $15

Decrying State's "Systemic and Deliberate Failure," Detroit Students Demand Constitutional Right to Literacy

Detroit Ready to Sue Banks, Private Companies for Unpaid Property Taxes

'America is Back,' Trump Declares, Announcing Tax Cuts for Billionaires

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Food & Water Watch

Court Filing: Shutting Off Detroit Residents’ Water is Unconstitutional

ACLU

ACLU Statement on Second Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Technology

Food & Water Watch

Detroit Needs Affordable Water, Not More Shutoffs

People's Action

Michigan Women Disrupt Donald Trump in Detroit

Sierra Club

Tomorrow: Hundreds of Protesters to March on Detroit in Call for Justice

Food & Water Watch

Social Justice Organizations Demand Economic Relief for Affected Detroit Residents

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Eleanore Catolico

Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal

David Macaray

A Startling Shift in Demographics: Everything Seems to Be Going South

Valerie Vande Panne

Smells Like Environmental Racism

Zenobia Jeffries

What Is It Like to Live Without Running Water? Detroit Families Know

Arn Pearson

Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing's War on Local Democracy

Laura Flanders

A Great National Sick-Out - It's Past Time

Bill Quigley

Water Resistance Trial Underway in Detroit

Laura Gottesdiener

A Foreclosure Conveyor Belt: The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit

Nick Turse

RoboCop, Detroit, and the Rise of Our Contemporary Dystopia

Maude Barlow

Everyone in Detroit Should Have Access To Clean Water