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Jun 15, 2015

Those Who Feel the Effects of Indian Mascots and Logos Are the Ones Who Know the Pain

For many, there are certain chapters in U.S. history that are much too painful to contemplate. Foremost among them are the enslavement of literally millions of Africans, and campaigns of genocide and...

Jun 15, 2015

From ACLU Client To ACLU Intern: Rodell Jefferson’s Journey Toward Justice

I walked into the ACLU of Michigan offices eight years ago with a small afro—three-fourths of an inch to be exact—and only a vague, abstract understanding of words such as freedom and justice.

The...

I walked into the ACLU of Michigan offices eight years ago with a small afro—three-fourths of an inch to be exact—and only a vague, abstract understanding of words such as freedom and justice.

The...

Jun 10, 2015

Home Wreckers? Senate Vote on Discriminatory Bill Puts Foster Kids at Risk

The Senate voted today to pass anti-adoption RFRA bills that could allow adoption and foster agencies to stop loving and welcoming LGBT couples across Michigan from taking in children in need of a home....

Jun 6, 2015

Don’t Let Curfew Ordinance Criminalize Kids

Michael Reynolds is a 17-year-old Detroiter, a recent graduate of Detroit Loyola High School and an impending freshman at Western Michigan University.

Later this month, if the Detroit City Council...

Michael Reynolds is a 17-year-old Detroiter, a recent graduate of Detroit Loyola High School and an impending freshman at Western Michigan University.

Later this month, if the Detroit City Council...

Jun 1, 2015

Campus Controversy: The Fight To Remove EMU’s Racially Offensive Logo

The ACLU of Michigan has been working closely with Native American students at Eastern Michigan University to compel the university to permanently dump the racially offensive "Hurons" logo that the school...

May 27, 2015

Girls Wear Pants, Too

I prefer pants.

That’s exactly what I tried to explain to the principal of my high school, Oakridge High, when I went to him with my concerns about the dress code for our graduation last month. Yes...

I prefer pants.

That’s exactly what I tried to explain to the principal of my high school, Oakridge High, when I went to him with my concerns about the dress code for our graduation last month. Yes...