ACLU of Michigan 2017 Board Election Ballot
August 21, 2017
ACLU of Michigan 2017 Board Election
Nominee Biographies
The nominees to the Board all share a strong commitment to the mission of the ACLU and the qualities needed to serve as trustees of our...
ISSUES
Free Speech
If President Trump’s Tweets Become Military Policy, the ACLU Will See Him in Court
July 30, 2017
Some days, I hardly recognize my government and the way it is supposed to comport to the principles of democracy and constitutional fairness. This week we had the Senate majority doggedly pushing for...
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LGBT Rights
Blog: Independence Day Parade Reflects the Many Faces of Democracy
July 07, 2017
By Kelly Ehrenreich
Sixty ACLU members, volunteers and staff represented the ACLU of Michigan in the Ann Arbor Independence Day parade earlier this week. Marching through streets lined with rows of...
ISSUES
Free Speech
Chained No More, Told Too Late: The Story of Juneteenth
June 19, 2017
Regardless of your ethnicity, you have ancestors who were living somewhere in the world on the historic day of June 19, 1865. For the black residents of Galveston, Texas, however, the day was like...
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Racial Justice
Guest blog: Racial Discrimination and Detroit's Tax Foreclosure Crisis
June 08, 2017
By Guest Blogger, Professor Bernadette Atuahene
This week the Coalition to End Unconstitutional Tax Foreclosures released a short animated video explaining the basis of the heart-breaking,...
ISSUES
Racial Justice
ACLU of Michigan Urges Taylor Police to Change Policy and Training After Violent Arrest of Calvin Jones
May 25, 2017
The ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to the Taylor Police Department, urging re-training and policy changes for its officers in the wake of a traffic stop last year in which an African-American...