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Nationally, A Step Towards Safe and Fair Schools

Last week, the federal education and justice departments took a firm stance against overly punitive school discipline policies that push millions of children each year into the pipeline to prison.

January 22, 2014

Expelling Michigan’s Future: Your Weekly Rights Review

What happens to a state that expells its children from school, bans free speech in public spaces, and allows illegal police practices to terrorize communities. We don't want to find out.

September 27, 2013

Why Is Kyle Thompson Under House-Arrest?

Kyle Thompson likes playing football, playing video games, and hanging out with his friends. The Michigan student has also been under house arrest since last March and barred from school for six months.

September 25, 2013

Birmingham Adopts New Free Speech Policy to Settle ACLU Lawsuit

DETROIT – The City of Birmingham has adopted a new free speech policy to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberates Union of Michigan on behalf of an animal rights activist who was arrested while peacefully demonstrating on a public sidewalk outside a fur store.

August 30, 2013

Fur Protester Arrested for Standing on Public Sidewalk

During the 2012 holiday season, Beth Delaney was standing outside a fur store and holding a sign that said “Fur Kills; Don’t Buy It.” Although Delaney was standing peacefully on a city sidewalk and was not interfering with anyone who chose to shop at the store, an employee of the store called the

August 29, 2013

Anti-Begging Law Struck Down

In difficult economic times, one would hope that the government would take measures to assist the poor and homeless. In Grand Rapids, however, the ACLU of Michigan discovered that police officers were arresting, prosecuting and jailing individuals for asking for financial assistance.

August 14, 2013