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Apr 9, 2018

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Children Who Had Been Serving Life in Prison

DETROIT, Mich. – U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled today that it is unconstitutional to strip children, who had been serving life sentences, of credits for good behavior. State lawmakers had passed...

DETROIT, Mich. – U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled today that it is unconstitutional to strip children, who had been serving life sentences, of credits for good behavior. State lawmakers had passed...

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gavel
Apr 4, 2018

Remembering Dr. King

Racial Justice
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Mar 21, 2018

ACLU Urges Greyhound to Stop Giving Customs and Border Protection Permission to Conduct Bus Raids

Immigrants' Rights

Greyhound buses, once a symbol of travel on America’s vast highways, have become rolling traps where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents routinely board to unlawfully interrogate, detain and arrest...

Greyhound buses, once a symbol of travel on America’s vast highways, have become rolling traps where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents routinely board to unlawfully interrogate, detain and arrest...

Greyhound bus
Greyhound bus
Mar 12, 2018

ACLU Asks Federal Judge to Allow LGBT Support Groups to Join Lawsuit in Defense of LGBT-Inclusive School District Policies

The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project

Today the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan filed a motion in federal court asking to intervene in a lawsuit that was filed against Williamston Community Schools for adopting policies that...

Today the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan filed a motion in federal court asking to intervene in a lawsuit that was filed against Williamston Community Schools for adopting policies that...

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Flag waving with rainbow colors
Mar 7, 2018

Funeral Home Unlawfully Discriminated Against Its Employee By Firing Her For Being Transgender, A Federal Appeals Court Rules

The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project

DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her after she notified her...

DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her after she notified her...

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AimeeStephens_Courtesy_ACLU
Jan 30, 2018

From ICE raids to the State of the Union

Immigrants' Rights

By Britanny Hamama

Tonight, my mom, Nahrain Hamama, is attending the State of the Union in Washington, DC, as a guest of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin.

When my mom told me...

By Britanny Hamama

Tonight, my mom, Nahrain Hamama, is attending the State of the Union in Washington, DC, as a guest of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin.

When my mom told me...

Portrait of the Hamama Family sitting in a pew in a church
Portrait of the Hamama Family sitting in a pew in a church