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Jul 21, 2016

Democracy Watch: Law Professor Peter J. Hammer Likens Flint Water Crisis to 'Tuskegee Experiment'

Flint Water Crisis

Like a coroner conducting an autopsy, economist and Wayne State University Law School professor Peter J. Hammer recently performed a highly detailed dissection of the Flint water crisis, laying bare the...

Like a coroner conducting an autopsy, economist and Wayne State University Law School professor Peter J. Hammer recently performed a highly detailed dissection of the Flint water crisis, laying bare the...

Jul 21, 2016

Five Questions for … ACLU Law Intern Jessica Lewis

Racial Justice

Meet Jessica Lewis, a rising 3L at Harvard Law School and current ACLU of Michigan summer law intern.  

After deciding that corporate law "isn't for me," Jessica shifted her focus to practicing law ...

Meet Jessica Lewis, a rising 3L at Harvard Law School and current ACLU of Michigan summer law intern.  

After deciding that corporate law "isn't for me," Jessica shifted her focus to practicing law ...

Jul 19, 2016

In the Face of Chronic Police Brutality, What Is A "Good Cop?"

Racial Justice

Slave patrols were committees of white men established to monitor, track, capture and torture enslaved Africans. Eventually, these groups supplanted local sheriffs and constables as the primary law...

Slave patrols were committees of white men established to monitor, track, capture and torture enslaved Africans. Eventually, these groups supplanted local sheriffs and constables as the primary law...

Jul 15, 2016

Walter Hicks: 'I Just Want to Be Treated Fairly'

Due Process

The City of Detroit had the wrong man, and Walter Hicks knew it.

In 2014, the 57-year-old Hicks, a disabled Detroit homeowner who lives off of barely more than $15,000 a year in social-services...

The City of Detroit had the wrong man, and Walter Hicks knew it.

In 2014, the 57-year-old Hicks, a disabled Detroit homeowner who lives off of barely more than $15,000 a year in social-services...

Walter Hicks sits on his home's stopp. He looks at the camera with his hands on his knees, one foot propped on a step.
Walter Hicks sits on his home's stopp. He looks at the camera with his hands on his knees, one foot propped on a step.
Jul 15, 2016

Democracy Watch: Lawsuit Underscores Racial, Political Concerns Raised by State Plan for DPS

Voting Rights

Although it has received scant media attention, a lawsuit filed in late June by members of Detroit’s school board, activists and parents could undo the controversial education system Gov. Rick Snyder and...

Although it has received scant media attention, a lawsuit filed in late June by members of Detroit’s school board, activists and parents could undo the controversial education system Gov. Rick Snyder and...

Jul 15, 2016

Five Questions for ... ACLU Undergrad Intern Lakyrra Magee

Free Speech

Meet Lakyrra Magee, a Social Theory & Practice and Women Studies dual major at the University of Michigan. Lakyrra is one of the ACLU of Michigan’s undergrad interns for the summer of 2016.

How...

Meet Lakyrra Magee, a Social Theory & Practice and Women Studies dual major at the University of Michigan. Lakyrra is one of the ACLU of Michigan’s undergrad interns for the summer of 2016.

How...