Building a sustainable neighborhood in Highland Park
While many are hoping that policymakers rescue us from a warming planet, some are actively working to build out...
Building a sustainable neighborhood in Highland Park
While many are hoping that policymakers rescue us from a warming planet, some are actively working to build out...
Rep. Dingell talks Biden budget, elder care
President Joe Biden recently unveiled his $5.8 trillion budget proposal. It would increase taxes on billionaires, increase funding for police...
Should utilities be owned by the public?
Utilities such as DTE Energy in Michigan and PG&E in California have a lot of -- power -- when it...
Free tax assistance available to people who make less than $57,000
The federal income tax deadline is coming up April 18. A handful of organizations are available in Michigan to...
The U.S. Postal Service and how it can be reimagined
President Biden has signed a law intended to give the United States Postal Service better financial footing, in order to...
Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law
A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...
Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike
Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...
New book explores the future of collective bargaining
There’s a resurgence of interest in workers unions happening across the U.S. in the wake of the pandemic. Employees...
Could gas tax suspension ease pump prices?
Gas prices have been rising for some time, and are now skyrocketing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine...
Fisher Body plant project among new Black-led developments in Detroit
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan listed many new investments by African American business people during his State of the City speech...
Younger workers driving push to create unions in service industry
Baristas at Great Lakes Coffee, one of the city’s most popular coffee shops, are on strike. But it’s hardly...
The movement to organize unions at Michigan Starbucks’ locations
Overall union membership has been declining for decades and was at its lowest point last year. However there is a...