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ACLU, Insane Clown Posse Appeal Judge’s Decision to Dismiss Juggalos’ Case...
Share this on Facebook | Tweet thisAlong with Insane Clown Posse, we're appealing a federal judge’s order dismissing the Juggalos’ case against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of...
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Making Flying While Brown Safe Again
Rachel Goodman, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program Share this on Facebook | Tweet This When Shoshana Hebshi boarded Frontier Flight 623 on September 11, 2011, she was heading home to Detroit...
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Law for Liberation | A Summer of Civil Liberties
Jonathan Moore, ACLU of Michigan Communications InternShare this on Facebook | Tweet This When most people hear words like “litigation” or “injunction”, the images these words conjure are often far...
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Lansing Watchdog: Primary Season Round-up
Shelli Weisberg, Legislative DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet This If you take a trip to Lansing this summer, don’t expect to see much. With the primary election on August 5, it’s pretty quiet in...
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Lansing Watchdog: Primary Election Results
Shelli Weisberg, Legislative DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet This August 5 turned out... weird. Last night produced mixed results, indicating that our state is becoming more and more polarized....
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Marriage Matters: The Accidental Activists
Guest post from Glenna DeJong, client in Caspar v. SnyderShare this on Facebook | Tweet This We often joke that we’re accidental activists. Marsha and I were the first same-sex couple to be married in...
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Detroit's Water Woes: A Payment Plan is not an Affordability Plan
Curt Guyette, Democracy Watch Investigative Journalist Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisWill Mayor Mike Duggan’s 10-point plan to help Detroit residents pay their water bills work? The answer for...
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Who pays the price for Detroit's problems?
Brooke Tucker, Staff AttorneyShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Detroit's future is in court this week, as hearings to confirm the plan of adjustment for the largest municipal bankruptcy in American...
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Going to School, Heading to Jail
Lauryn Pennington, ACLU of Michigan InternShare this on Facebook | Tweet this My Facebook newsfeed today was full of pictures of kids geared up and smiling for the first day back to school from proud...
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FAQ: Know Your Rights in School
Lauryn Pennington, ACLU of Michigan BloggerShare this on Facebook | Tweet This The Labor Day barbecues have been cleaned up. The “Back to School” sections at local stores have been wiped out. For the...
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Buzzkill: How the EAA Exploited Detroit's Most Vulnerable Kids
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet This In June of 2011, Gov. Rick Snyder stepped behind a microphone at Detroit's Renaissance High School to announce the start of a...
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The Inhumanity of the Detroit Water Shutoffs
Brooke Tucker, Staff AttorneyShare this on Facebook | Tweet this As a civil-rights lawyer, I’ve dedicated my career to battling back the infuriating unfairness that runs rampant through our society. As...
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Atiya's Story: When Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense
Rodd Monts, Field DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet this Annapolis High School senior Atiya Haynes learned a tough lesson about Michigan’s zero tolerance this week—and although it wasn’t as harsh...
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#TBT: Guns Drawn at Funk Night
Share this on Facebook | Tweet thisWith a history of civil liberties stretching back almost a century, the ACLU has got plenty of amazing cases for #TBT. Every Thursday, we'll be sharing updates on...
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This Week Online | Civil Liberties in the News 10/10-10/17
Share this on Facebook | Tweet this The ACLU of Michigan is tracking hundreds of legal cases and pieces of legislation that impact your civil liberties at any given moment, covering all concerns from...
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Lansing Watchdog: Ending Debtors’ Prisons in Michigan
Eli Day, Civil Liberties FellowShare this on Facebook | Tweet this Being poor isn't a crime. Yet in some Michigan courtrooms, that simple fact has been ignored. That’s why we’re pleased that the...
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Democracy Watch: UN Experts Condemn Detroit Water Shut-Offs
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet This During the three days she spent in Detroit investigating the water shut-off crisis, there were a number of times when Catarina de...
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#TBT: Looking for Elliott Larsen, 2012
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Guest Blog: Police Killed My Son
Guest Blog by Jewel Hall Share this on Facebook | Tweet thisMy son Milton was born on April 25, 1963, in Saginaw, Michigan. Like his mother, he was a community worker. He was always there speaking out...
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#TBT: The Capitol Lockout, 2012
Share this on Facebook | Tweet thisWith a history of civil liberties stretching back almost a century, the ACLU has got plenty of amazing cases for #TBT. Every Thursday, we'll be sharing updates on...
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