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New Report Criticizes EPA for Failures on Environmental Justice
October 05, 2016Here’s a news flash that only confirms what people in communities such as Flint already knew to be true:
When it comes to protecting the victims of environmental injustice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is close to worthless.
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ACLU of Michigan Joins Call for Federal Disaster-Relief Funding for Flint
September 29, 2016DETROIT--The ACLU in a letter to Congress this week urged lawmakers to greenlight disaster relief funds for Flint as that city continues to struggle with access to clean water more than two years after a switch in municipal water sources led to massive lead contamination and widespread health con
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Muskegon Joins Nationwide Push for Community Control Over Police Surveillance
September 21, 2016MUSKEGON—Muskegon city officials announced today that they are launching legislative efforts to bring transparency to the acquisition and use of local police surveillance technologies for the first time.
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Fixes to Flint Still Too Slow a Year After Tests Disproved State Claims About Water Safety
September 15, 2016One year ago, on Sept. 15, 2015, a press conference was held on the lawn in front of Flint City Hall. Gathered before a small throng of reporters were members of Flint’s Coalition for Clean Water, scientists Marc Edwards and Siddhartha Roy of Virginia Tech and the ACLU of Michigan.
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Safe Water for the People of Flint
September 14, 2016After the State of Michigan stripped the residents of Flint of their ability to elect local representatives, state-appointed officials decided to use the Flint River as a water source without adding corrosion controls. As a result, lead leached from the water pipes and poisoned the drinking wate
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Emergency Manager Law
September 12, 2016Public Act 436 gives unelected “emergency managers” sweeping, far-reaching powers to displace or in some cases even dissolve local governments and school districts. A coalition of civil rights groups challenged the law in federal court, and the state filed a motion to dismiss.
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ACLU of Michigan Launches “MPowerED” Campaign to End Inequality in Education
September 12, 2016DETROIT—With public schools in decline statewide and Michigan tumbling from national leader in public education to faltering also-ran, the ACLU of Michigan today kicked off a major reform campaign aimed at ensuring the state honors its obligation to provide quality education to all its schoolchil
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Emergency Room Health Care Governed by Religious Doctrine
September 08, 2016In 2013 the ACLU filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) after a Catholic hospital in Muskegon refused to provide Tamesha Means with necessary treatment or information as she was suffering a miscarriage.
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Fancher: Colin Kaepernick Anthem Protest Recalls Recent Boycott by Young ACLU Client
September 08, 2016Months before professional football player Colin Kaepernick registered his protest against police violence by refusing to stand for the national anthem, an African American Lincoln Park Middle School student who shares Kaepernick’s frustrations carried out his own quiet protest by refusing to sta
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