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Hundreds of people poured into the streets of Detroit day after day in the summer of 2020 to support Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd.

Proposed ID Laws Create Barriers Across Michigan.

“To hold that piece of paper brought tears to my eyes.”

Keyon Harrison, an African American 16-year-old, was doing nothing wrong as he walked home from school on a spring day in Grand Rapids. But a police officer thought he looked “suspicious” — so the officer stopped Harrison, questioned, searched him and took his photograph and fingerprints.

Connecting with the author of Separated

For more than a year, Detroiter Theodore Rice has been in court battling to remain in the place he’s called home for more than a quarter century. As a result, he’s seen firsthand how crucial it is for people facing eviction to have legal representation when going up against a property owners experienced in using the judicial system to their advantage.

I remember listening to my father’s small black radio, tuned to NPR, as I got ready for my journalism classes on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

Trans protection ruling was just the beginning for ACLU’s civil rights plans for LGBTQ+ community

A pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants is within reach. Congress must get it done.