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Natural Life: A look at Michigan’s juvenile lifers
Sarah Goomar, ACLU of Michigan FellowShare this on Facebook | Share on Twitter Barbara Hernandez was only 16 years old when she was tried as an adult and convicted of murder after her abusive...
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Kids need loving homes, not discrimination
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Democracy Watch: Detroit Public Schools Six Years On
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterIn a recent night when temperatures hovered near zero, Aliya Moore and her two school-aged daughters bundled up for the 20-minute drive from their home in northwest...
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Democracy Watch | Congress Looks at Detroit's Water Crisis
Curt Guyette, Investigative Reporter The idea of charging some customers less than others for water might seem counter-intuitive at first, but once economist Roger Colton explains why it makes good...
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Why Did This Doctor Refuse to Care for a Baby?
Sarah Goomar, ACLU of Michigan Fellow Moms Jami and Krista Contreras of Oak Park, MI brought their 6 day-old newborn into a Roseville pediatric practice for a wellness checkup. The couple was turned...
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#ThrowbackThursday: The High Cost of Water
Share this on Facebook | Share on TwitterWith 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...
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The Mayor Doesn’t Like It: Standing Up for Religious Freedom
Maggie McGuire, Digital Media StrategistShare this on Facebook | Share on Twitter When injustice doesn’t impact us directly, it can be easy to say “what’s the harm? It’s not a big deal.”read more
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Civil Forfeiture & RFRA's return | This Week Online 2/20-2/27
Share on Facebook | Share on Twitter 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...
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Righting the Ship: What can be done to keep Detroit Public Schools from...
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare on Facebook | Share on Twitter After six years of state control, this much is beyond debate: Emergency management has neither fixed the finances of Detroit...
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Five Questions for... Fellow Eli Day
Sarah Goomar, ACLU of Michigan Fellow Share this on Facebook | Share on TwitterEver wonder who’s behind the work here at the ACLU of Michigan? In our new blog series Five Questions, ACLU of Michigan...
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#ThrowbackThursday: Equality for All: American Must Live Up to Its Purpose
Share this on Facebook | Share on TwitterWith 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...
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Cell Phone Records Can Show Where You Sleep and Where You Pray
Guest Blog from Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Projectread more
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Robbed by the Police: Civil Forfeiture Laws in Michigan
Sarah Goomar, ACLU of Michigan Fellow On May 31, 2008, approximately 130 members of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit gathered for a monthly event featuring music and dancing. Shortly after 2...
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#TBT: A Wonder in the Classroom
With 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 cases pulled from our archives of...
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Gender at the Gym | This Week Online 2/20-2/27
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Kids Deserve Families, Not Discrimination
It's getting closer to becoming another bad Michigan law: This Wednesday, March 18, the Michigan House will vote on legislation that would give adoption agencies the power to deny couples the freedom...
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Fewer Options for Proper Reproductive Health Care
Sarah Goomar, ACLU of Michigan FellowShare this on Facebook | Share on Twitter As a woman, I hope for unfettered access to the medical care that is best for me and my body. Which is exactly why the...
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One Year With The Woman I Love
Guest post from Marsha Caspar, Lead Plaintiff in Caspar v. Snyder Almost one year ago, I looked into the eyes of Glenna, the woman I have loved for 27 years and said those two magical words that would...
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A thoughtful approach to truancy prevention doesn’t just target poor children
Rodd Monts, Field Director Our state can’t come up with a consistent definition for truancy. Yet many lawmakers do agree that children in poor families who fail to come to school should be dealt with...
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The Killing of Aura Rosser: Calling for Independent Prosecutors
Mark Fancher, Racial Justice Project staff attorney Much of the recent outrage about police violence directed against the black community is about the lack of consequences for the culpable officers....
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