DETROIT — Subjected to both harsh zero tolerance policies and an increasing police presence on campuses, public school students in Michigan are being suspended, expelled and arrested at an alarming rate for even the most minor infractions, according to a report released today by the American Civi
In a functioning democracy, our rights to free speech and assembly are indispensable.
Yet increasingly, these rights are being challenged and violated as a result of a new trend taking hold in many American cities—the growing presence of private public partnerships.
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a federal lawsuit against the private conservancy that manages city-owned Campus Martius Park and its security team, accusing them illegally banning activists from the public space.
DETROIT – The U.S. Supreme Court granted review of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld bans in Michigan and three states on the freedom to marry and recognition of marriages of same-sex couples legally performed in other states.