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Winter 2016: Letter from the Editors
A public event held at the end of November was called “Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later” and was hosted by the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, WDET, and Detroit Public Television. It […]
Rest In Power, Grace Lee Boggs and Ron Scott
The last few months have been a time of reflection for many involved in social and economic justice work in Detroit, due to the passing of two extraordinary Motor City […]
Thinking for Ourselves: Duggan Unraveling
By Shea Howell May 8, 2015 Unless Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan makes some major shifts in his thinking, he will be the Mayor who lost Detroit. While he is announcing […]
The Detroit Water Struggle: A Story
By Bill Wylie-Kellermann Think of Charity Hicks as the Rosa Parks of the Detroit Water Struggle. She was arrested in Detroit early on May 16 for resisting the shut off […]
CM Summer Fundraiser Hootenanny!
Join the Critical Moment crew for some summer fun at Food Field – a four acre urban farm in central Detroit. Musical acts are TBA and there’ll be an open […]
Netroots Nation Progressive Conference Coming To Detroit
When the U.S. Social Forum came to Detroit in 2010, it galvanized local activists and helped spread news about our local struggles and movements from coast to coast. Later this month, another gathering with the potential to generate similar momentum is coming to the Motor City.
Green Scare Political Prisoner’s Paintings Coming To Local Cafe
Marie Mason is a name that’s well known to us at Critical Moment and, indeed, to many activists around the world. She’s a political prisoner, an anarchist, earth and animal […]
Ron Scott Talks On Police Brutality, Detroit One And More
Like many urban cities, Detroit’s police department doesn’t have the best reputation for treatment of city residents. The riots of ‘67 wouldn’t have been such a bloody affair without police […]
Meet Your Local Billionaire: Dan Gilbert
by Mark Tucker Daniel “Dan” Gilbert is a name to know. While the national media circus focuses on Detroit’s demise, local self made billionaire Dan Gilbert is embracing the business […]
