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Scanning QR codes instead of ordering from a physical menu is a way for companies to insert all the machinery of the online advertising ecosystem between you and your food.

Why the ACLU of Michigan is Representing Activist Charles Blackwell.

Joel and I fell in love while attending high school in Mexico City, where we were both born and raised. Every night he would tell me stories about our future together to help me fall asleep as he rubbed my ice-cold feet with his to keep them warm. Yes, we were that couple.  I knew we were going to grow old together as a married couple, overcoming obstacles as a team. And we faced

Why the ACLU of Michigan is Suing Michigan State Police

Tasneia Ahmed was entering her freshman year of high school at the International Academy East in Troy when Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in protests after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, Jr in 2014.  

Michigan Legislation is racist, and subverts the will of the people.

Why Michigan SB 218 Should be Voted Down

In 2006 and 2011, the Michigan state legislature expanded the Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) originally passed in 1994, creating harsher measures that imposed geographic exclusion zones barring registrants from living, working or spending time with their children in much of the state and others.

No state requires its residents to carry an ID when they leave their front door, so police shouldn’t be allowed to fingerprint people just because they’re not carrying one. We can’t let Black and Brown people bear the brunt of the next generation of police abuse.