News & Commentary
Mar 25, 2021
New ACLU Report: Border Patrol Operates Far from the Border and Uses Racial Profiling and State and Local Police to Target Michigan's Immigrant Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
The Ongoing Legacy of Aimee Stephens
Continuing the Fight for LGBTQ Equality
By Jay Kaplan
Feb 01, 2021
What Japanese incarceration camps in WWII and Trump's Muslim ban have in common | Opinion
During World War II, a 23-year-old Japanese-American named Fred Korematsu valiantly fought the U.S. government’s efforts to put him in an incarceration camp. His landmark legal battles provide both inspiration and insight as America grapples with the ongoing fallout from Donald Trump’s shameful Muslim ban.
By Rana Elmir
Jan 26, 2021
ACLU Announces Departure of Executive Director Dave Noble
Noble to join Biden Administration as Peace Corps Chief of Staff
Jan 24, 2021
The Ongoing Fight for Affordable Water
Why the ACLU of Michigan and others are still suing Detroit.
By Curt Guyette
Jan 15, 2021
Immigrant Lives at Risk
Scathing Report Reveals Dangers Inside Calhoun County Jail During Pandemic
By Rohit Rajan
Jan 10, 2021
Setting the Pace for Prosecutors
How the Washtenaw County is striving to provide true justice for all.
By Shelli Weisberg
Jan 05, 2021
Prosecutor Transparency Project
The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office is committed to building a data-informed prosecutor’s office that prioritizes equity, fairness, and harm reduction. Towards that end, the Prosecutor’s Office is partnering with independent researchers on two separate—but related—projects: (1) a robust study into racial disparities in Washtenaw County’s legal system, and (2) the identification, and publication, of performance and equity-based metrics.
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