I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
In a radio interview in Detroit this morning Rev. Jesse Jackson reiterated his call for the U.S. Justice Dept. to intervene against Michigan’s Emergency Manager law.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson says the move by Benton Harbor Emergency Financial Manager Joseph Harris is illegal.
In an appearance before the city council in Detroit this week Rev. Jesse Jackson dismissed the idea that urban farming is going to solve Detroit’s problems. Jackson told city leaders that the idea of relying on farming to save Detroit is “kind of cute but foolish it seems to me, as opposed to talking about [...]
DETROIT — Rev. Jesse Jackson this week called for “mass action” to address the state’s foreclosure crisis and said that his civil rights non-profit organization, the Rainbow Push Coalition, is pressuring major mortgage lenders including Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America to restructure homeowner’s loans to help avert foreclosures. Jackson said the government’s efforts [...]
LANSING — In an interview with Michigan Messenger following his speech at a state Capitol rally on Monday, civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson said a national moratorium on home foreclosure was “absolutely” needed.
LANSING — With the foreclosure crisis continuing unabated, auto industry giants dealing with bankruptcies and too many uninsured Americans, around 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol on Monday to call for decisive action on these issues from the nation’s leaders. The rally, organized by Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero and civil rights leader Rev. Jesse [...]
LANSING — State Democrats are calling for greater accountability from Attorney General Mike Cox, who they accuse of not acting on 15 cases of alleged criminal mortgage fraud forwarded from the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services since Jan. 1, 2008.
Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero has had it with what he calls “the Wall Street Agenda.” That agenda, he said, is costing American jobs, saddling students with massive debt upon college graduation and causing the foreclosure crisis.
DETROIT — With only three days until Tuesday’s special mayoral election, businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. have this weekend booked with rallies and door-to-door canvassing. To kick off election weekend each candidate scored big endorsements on Friday. Bing got the support from former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey and [...]
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