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Sep 11, 2015

Kaplan: New Proposed Federal Health-Care Rules Essential to Ensuring Transgender People Full Access to Medical

A little more than a week ago, the United States Department of Health and Human Services took a major step toward redressing the long history of policies and practices that marginalize transgender people in...

Sep 11, 2015

School Daze: State-Appointed Emergency Manager Still Shirking Duty to Provide Reading Intervention to Highland Park

This month heralds the beginning of a new school year—a time of excitement, hope and promise for most our state’s children.

Over the summer, ...

This month heralds the beginning of a new school year—a time of excitement, hope and promise for most our state’s children.

Over the summer, ...

Sep 9, 2015

Prosecutor's Decision to Clear Agent Who Killed Kellom Underscores Need for Police Reform

At a highly publicized press conference last month, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy (pictured above) cleared federal immigration agent Mitchell Quinn in the killing of 20-year-old Terrance Kellom, an...

Sep 4, 2015

At the Intersection of Religious Liberty and LGBTQ Equality

At first glance, some might think that religious liberty and LGBTQ equality are mutually exclusive, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

In fact, as advocates for social justice, we...

Sep 2, 2015

ACLU of Michigan President Hails Organization’s Continued Growth, Modernization

I've served as the president of the ACLU of Michigan for three years, and it has been an enormous pleasure to have this role during such an important and exciting time for the organization. As I came on...

Sep 2, 2015

GRAPHIC DEPICTION: What RFRA Can Do To You

As debate over "religious freedom restoration acts," or RFRAs, heat up around the country and here in Michigan, the threat of religion being used to discriminate grows exponentially. And not only would...