From the Detroit Free Press Oct. 9th, 2017 Harry T. Cook — clergyman, classical scholar, journalist and all-round upsetter of complacency and indifference — barreled out of Bellaire to become one of Detroit’s most passionate voices for peace and justice. For more than 50 years, Cook called out from pulpits, newspaper columns, books and blogs […]
Dreamers have earned the right to have Congress enact due process legislation that will enable Dreamers to acquire citizenship as soon as possible. They have more than paid the price to be freed of the harsh penalties imposed by a broken immigration system that, in its impact, violates the spirits of our most fundamental national […]
Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will be the keynote speaker for the Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society’s (FOCIS) 10th anniversary lecture series “What in the World is Going On?” kickoff event at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18. He will discuss “Immigration: The Wall, Trade, Jobs and Deportation,” followed by a question-and-answer period. The speech and […]
Longtime MCHR chair Cary McGehee has been appointed Chair of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by the judges of the court. The one-year appointment beginning July 1, 2017 was announced by Chief Judge Denise Page Hood. McGehee and Michael Pitt co-founded Pitt McGehee Palmer […]
