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Apr 16, 2018

ACLU Urges Utica School to Rescind Ban on Political Signs at Student Protests and to Apologize to Suspended Gun Reform Advocates

Today the ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to Utica Academy for International Studies urging school officials to rescind a rule barring students from holding “political” signs during demonstrations against...

Students holding sign reading "Thoughts and prayers don't save lives, gun reform will"

Apr 9, 2018

Flint Water Crisis: Settlement to Launch Groundbreaking Program to Assess Impacts on Flint Children

DETROIT - Attorneys for Flint schoolchildren have reached a historic agreement with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) and Flint Community Schools (FCS)...

Apr 9, 2018

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Children Who Had Been Serving Life in Prison

DETROIT, Mich. – U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled today that it is unconstitutional to strip children, who had been serving life sentences, of credits for good behavior. State lawmakers had passed...

Apr 4, 2018

Remembering Dr. King

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Mar 21, 2018

ACLU Urges Greyhound to Stop Giving Customs and Border Protection Permission to Conduct Bus Raids

Greyhound buses, once a symbol of travel on America’s vast highways, have become rolling traps where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents routinely board to unlawfully interrogate, detain and arrest...

Mar 12, 2018

ACLU Asks Federal Judge to Allow LGBT Support Groups to Join Lawsuit in Defense of LGBT-Inclusive School District Policies

Today the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan filed a motion in federal court asking to intervene in a lawsuit that was filed against Williamston Community Schools for adopting policies that...