No Water For Motown: Why Detroit Is Denying Its Citizens This Basic Human Right
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 11th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
No Water For Motown: Why Detroit Is Denying Its Citizens This Basic Human Right
From: Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Detroit Water and Sewage Department plans to shut off water for delinquent customers at a rate of 1,500 to 3,000 this summer.
Sherwood Anderson Has Some Notes on Ohio to Share with LeBron James
From: Back Issues
“Have you a city that smells worse than Akron?”
Against Austerity in Detroit: ‘Water Is a Human Right’
From: John Nichols
Citizens organize to block water shutoffs as the UN Special Rapporteur says ”when there is genuine inability to pay, human rights simply forbids disconnections.”
The 12 Scariest Findings in the New Report on the Bundy Ranch Standoff
From: George Zornick
A growing antigovernment movement has drawn a dangerous lesson from the standoff.
Did Child Labor Build Your Smart Phone?
From: Michelle Chen
A watchdog group has uncovered numerous labor violations at a Samsung supplier in southern China—including underage workers.
