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YouTube - WSWS speaks with family members of Michigan fire victims

World Socialist Web Site reporter D'Artagnan Collier spoke to family members and a teacher of one of the victims of the fire in Highland Park, Michigan which killed four people on Wednesday, October 22.

Detroit mayor ordered jailed

Circuit Court Judge Thomas E. Jackson said he wouldn't hear an appeal by Kilpatrick's lawyers until 9 a.m. Friday, meaning the mayor was to spend the night in jail. The mayor's chief of staff, Kandia Milton, will run the city while Kilpatrick is in jail, mayoral spokeswoman Denise Tolliver said.

YouTube - Social crisis in Detroit

The World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in Detroit about the worsening social conditions as gas prices and food prices soar through the roof. In this clip, our reporters spoke with Jada Browning a young mother of three who recently lost her job.

The political lessons of the American Axle strike

American Axle workers began to return to work earlier this week, after the end of a three-month walkout in Michigan and New York. The struggle-one of the longest walkouts in the auto industry in decades-ended in a bitter defeat for the workers.

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow: Husband Tom Athans in Police Prostitution Sting (Photos)

Michigan liberal Air America talk show VP and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught up in a police sting. Tom Athans admitted to paying $150 to a prostitute at a suburban Detroit Residence Inn. He cooperated with police and was not charged with a crime - which is a real CRIME.

Fear of America's Cities

The "most dangerous" rankings, tend to be simplistic and incomplete. Beyond the irresponsibility of broadcasting shrill messages that fail to detail crucial criminal science and sociological factors in each of these unique places, especially the story behind the poverty that leads to high crime rates, is the fact that the lists actually help divide us as a nation, and that is more dangerous than Downtown Detroit

The Simplistic and Divisive List of Dangerous Cities

The most dangerous rankings, tend to be simplistic and incomplete. Beyond the irresponsibility of broadcasting shrill messages that fail to detail crucial criminal science and sociological factors in each of these unique places, especially the story behind the poverty that leads some cities to high crime rates, is the fact that the lists actually divide us as a nation, and in a number of ways, that is more dangerous than Downtown Detroit at midnight.

John Dingell talks to Grist about climate change, fuel economy, and the 110th Congress

Dingell doesn't believe in Global Warming. Amanda at Grist hits him hard: "Some argue that protecting Detroit from increased CAFE standards has actually made the U.S. less competitive. Today the most successful auto companies are the ones that are producing the most efficient cars." The dems have a long way to go.

LOCAL REACTION: Activists say troops not answer

Concerned about immigration raids in metro Detroit, activists are planning to rally today in front of a federal immigration office in Detroit as the Bush administration considers the deployment of troops along the Mexican border to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants.