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Highland Park EM Throws Away Historic Collection of African American Books, Residents and ACLU Express Outrage

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.

June 21, 2013

Mackinac Island Leafleting Ordinance Blatantly Unconstitutional, ACLU Tells Officials

MACKINAC ISLAND – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged Mackinac Island officials to repeal an unconstitutional ordinance that makes it a crime to leaflet in all public places.

May 31, 2013

No Leafleting on Mackinac Island

During the annual Mackinac Conference on Mackinac Island in May 2013, a police officer ordered a progressive education activist standing on a public sidewalk to stop passing out flyers critical of the privatization of public education.

May 31, 2013

Closing the Capitol to Freedom

On December 6, the gap between my classes allowed me only a brief window to drive to the Capitol to capture some video of the Michigan legislature’s attempts to ram through a flurry of last-minute bills.

February 4, 2013

Unelected & Unaccountable: Emergency Managers and Public Act 4's Threat to Representative Democracy

Michigan’s Public Act 4 has been a lightning rod for controversy since its enactment on March 16, 2011. The emergency managers have the power to suspend the authority of mayors and city councils and to administer and legislate in their place. July 12, 2012

2012 Summer Newsletter

June 1, 2012