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Rashida Tlaib wants to reform the music industry with Living Wage for Musicians Act
The legislation aims to give artists their fair share, who earn only fractions of a penny per digital streams
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Music News, Government, Labor, Rashida Tlaib, Shigeto, Motown Museum, Detroit music industry, Slideshow
Listen to Michigan campaign rebukes Biden with strong ‘uncommitted’ Democratic primary results
The grassroots movement aims to pressure the President to push harder for a ceasefire in Gaza
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Listen to Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer, Dearborn, 2024 election
Lapointe: WJR host calls Rashida Tlaib ‘a pig;’ her supporters ‘sick’ and ‘nuts’
By day, 760-AM is only ‘Right Wing Lite.’ At night, it becomes ‘Right Wing Spite,’ attacking liberals more viciously after dark.
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Media, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Arab Americans in metro Detroit, WJR 760-AM, metro Detroit radio
Rashida Tlaib proposes bill to combat youth homelessness with direct cash payments
The pilot program would offer monthly payments of $1,400 for three years
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Michigan, Government, LGBTQ+, News, youth homelessness, Rashida Tlaib, guaranteed income, universal basic income, homelessness, youth homeless guaranteed income pilot program, Slideshow
Tlaib bill slams door on war cash for politicos and their families
“We are sick of politicians profiting from endless wars,” the Detroit Democrat says
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, war, Department of Defense, Washington D.C., Israel, Hamas, Public Citizen, People of Pentagon
Detroit’s MLK Day rally will feature Rashida Tlaib and Shawn Fain as speakers
This year’s event will explore how current and past struggles for liberation intersect
Tags: Metro Detroit, Labor, News, Things to Do, Civil Rights, MLK Day, Rashida Tlaib, Shawn Fain, Palestine, Gaza, Israel, Militarism, Detroit events, march, Martin Luther King Jr., I Have A Dream, Detroit community, Slideshow
Gretchen Whitmer for president? How about Rashida Tlaib? Andy Levin?
Amid wavering support for Joe Biden, pundits keep looking to Michigan for other options
Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Views & Opinions, Joe Biden, Michigan, 2024 election, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Marianne Williamson
Rashida Tlaib to read her children’s book at Detroit bookstore
Next Chapter Books is hosting a children’s storytime with Tlaib and her son Adam
Tags: Things to Do, Books, Critics’ Picks, Things to Do, Rashida Tlaib, Next Chapter Books, Detroit bookstores
Majority of Detroit-area voters support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, poll finds
The new survery found that 53% of Detroit-area voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s handling of the conflict
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Middle East, Ceasefire Now, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rashida Tlaib, Slideshow
Watch: Rashida Tlaib makes emotional plea for ceasefire in Gaza
The only Palestinian American in Congress delivered an impassioned speech as she was censured for criticizing Israel
Tags: Michigan, Civil Rights, News, Government, Rashida Tlaib, Palestinians, Israel-Hamas war
Most U.S. voters join Rashida Tlaib’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza, according to polls
The lone Palestinian American in Congress is one of just a few elected officials to demand an immediate end to the fighting
Tags: Michigan, News, Government, Israel-Hamas war, Palestine, Rashida Tlaib, Joe Biden, Video
At Green New Deal for Michigan rally, activists call for more climate change policies, funding
Dearborn event takes place after Michigan House passed clean energy package last week
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan, Environment, News, Government, Green New Deal, Rashida Tlaib, Southwest Detroit
Thanedar was a harsh critic of Israel before becoming an outspoken defender
The Detroit Democrat’s condemnation of Tlaib smacks of hypocrisy
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, Shri Thanedar, Democrats, Israel, Palestine, Hamas
Lapointe: Rashida Tlaib under right-wing attack for defending Palestine
The only Palestinian in Congress is accused of hating Israel and supporting Hamas terrorists. That’s ‘rooted in bigoted assumptions,’ she says.
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Lapointe, Media, Politics & Government, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Muslims in metro Detroit, Slideshow
SEIU nursing home workers strike in Westland
‘It’s a shame that we are once again forced to strike for a contract with competitive wages and benefits’
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Labor, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Rashida Tlaib, Hill Harper
Tlaib grieves Palestinian and Israeli lives lost after Hamas attacks, calls for end of ‘apartheid’
Michigan members of Congress speak out on ongoing violence in Israel
Tags: Michigan News, Civil Rights, News, Politics & Government, Rashida Tlaib, Palestine, Israel
Rashida Tlaib reintroduces ‘Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights’ legislation
The bill calls for raising the tipped minimum wage, paid medical leave, and access to health care
Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Politics & Government, Restaurants, Rashida Tlaib, restaurant workers, Congress, Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights
Outcry grows as old Chinatown building in Detroit faces threat of imminent demolition
The 140-year-old structure was as a hub for social, educational, recreational, and religious activities for Chinese Americans
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Chinatown, Detroit, Cass Corridor, 3143 Cass Ave., Stephanie Chang, Rising Voices, Chinese Americans, Gabriela Santiago-Romero
Tlaib joins fight for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans
The Detroit Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in urging their colleagues to help atone for the practice of slavery and hundreds of years of racist policies
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, reparations, racism, Washington D.C., Reparations Now Resolution, Democrats
Tlaib, reproductive rights advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court reform amid ethics scandals
‘These justices are not acting in the best interest of the American people,’ said Tlaib
Tags: Michigan News, News, Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Party, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
Detroit’s ‘NSFW’ art and music exhibit is not what you think
By Randiah Camille Green
Lawsuit seeks to save trees, protect residents at contaminated AB Ford Park in Detroit