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Prison liberation movement needs new kinds of thinking
May 23, 2012
The increase in hunger strikes in state prisons throughout the United States, inspired by the courageous examples of Ohio and California prisoners, show we don’t fear death or persecution, but minimizing losses is a part of wise strategy. We struggle to win. Unnecessarily losing some of our best minds to indeterminate isolation won’t help this purpose.
Ed Welburn, GM global design leader
October 15, 2010
Innovative design, understanding and the importance of diversity are guiding philosophies for General Motors Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn, who leads 10 design centers in eight countries and manages 1,500 creative personalities.
Detroit mourns Aiyana Jones, 7, killed by police
June 8, 2010
Mertilla Jones, 46, and her grandaughter, Aiyana Jones, 7, were asleep on a couch in their lower flat’s front room at about 12:30 a.m. when police tossed an incendiary stun grenade through the window directly above the couch. Aiyana was severely burned and then shot in the head and neck by an unidentified police officer standing on the porch.
Police, prosecutor retaliate against journalist covering police chase fatality
December 7, 2008
Community outrage and support are building over the arrest of people’s journalist Diane Bukowski. Many view this as a political attack on the entire progressive movement in metro Detroit.