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Jul 23, 2019

Detroit's poorest residents are being denied access to water. We've filed a petition to avoid a health emergency.

Racial Justice

Residents at more than 112,000 Detroit households had their water disconnected between 2014 and October 2018, simply because they couldn’t afford to pay.

Today a civil rights coalition filed...

Residents at more than 112,000 Detroit households had their water disconnected between 2014 and October 2018, simply because they couldn’t afford to pay.

Today a civil rights coalition filed...

“The public health crisis DWSD creates by shutting off water service for thousands of people is completely avoidable,” said Mark P. Fancher, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan’s Racial Justice Project.
“The public health crisis DWSD creates by shutting off water service for thousands of people is completely avoidable,” said Mark P. Fancher, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan’s Racial Justice Project.
Jun 21, 2019

Aimee Stephens fights for us. Now let’s fight for her.

The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project

It was a do or die moment. Literally.

From the age of 5, Aimee Stephens had known she wasn’t like the boys she grew up with in a staunch Baptist family in Fayetteville, N.C. There was the boy seen...

By Curt Guyette

It was a do or die moment. Literally.

From the age of 5, Aimee Stephens had known she wasn’t like the boys she grew up with in a staunch Baptist family in Fayetteville, N.C. There was the boy seen...

By Curt Guyette
Aimee Stephens
Aimee Stephens
Jun 19, 2019

ACLU urges State Supreme Court to reject the legislature’s attempt to undermine voters

Voting Rights

The ACLU of Michigan filed a brief today urging the Michigan Supreme Court to reject the legislature’s attempt to undermine the will of the voters by removing citizen-led proposals from the ballot through...

The ACLU of Michigan filed a brief today urging the Michigan Supreme Court to reject the legislature’s attempt to undermine the will of the voters by removing citizen-led proposals from the ballot through...

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ACLU Generic Web Graphics-01.png
Jun 4, 2019

How the 1994 Crime Bill Fed the Mass Incarceration Crisis

The 1994 federal crime bill that created tough new criminal sentences and incentivized states to build more prisons and pass truth-in-sentencing laws is getting new scrutiny during this 2020 election cycle...

The 1994 federal crime bill that created tough new criminal sentences and incentivized states to build more prisons and pass truth-in-sentencing laws is getting new scrutiny during this 2020 election cycle...

President Bill Clinton signs the $30 billion crime bill during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 13, 1994
President Bill Clinton signs the $30 billion crime bill during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 13, 1994
May 30, 2019

Smart Justice and Mental Health Awareness Month

Criminal Legal Reform

This Mental Health Awareness Month let’s talk about how mental illness plays into mass incarceration.

Currently, one in four people incarcerated live with a serious mental illness. People who have a...

This Mental Health Awareness Month let’s talk about how mental illness plays into mass incarceration.

Currently, one in four people incarcerated live with a serious mental illness. People who have a...

Mental Health Awareness Month Graphic
Mental Health Awareness Month Graphic
May 20, 2019

National Day of Action for Reproductive Freedom

Reproductive Freedom

You’ve seen the news. Missouri has joined Georgia, Ohio and Alabama in passing extreme bans that criminalize doctors and...

You’ve seen the news. Missouri has joined Georgia, Ohio and Alabama in passing extreme bans that criminalize doctors and...

National Day of Action Reproductive Freedom
National Day of Action Reproductive Freedom