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SPOTLIGHT ON ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

The community must rally together in the face of Trump's anti-trans agenda.

The ACLU of Michigan saw a glaring need and stepped in to fill a dangerous void last week after new Trump administration policies threatened to leave two Oakland County women to fend for themselves after they alleged that they were fired from a restaurant for speaking up about mistreatment of a tran

In the last several years, manufactured culture wars have festered, opening the door to people being targeted on the basis of their gender, race and ideology.  We’ve seen a surge in anti-immigrant, anti-Arab, Islamophobic and antisemitic rhetoric and activity.  We are facing a level of hate that is

Spotlight on Women’s History Month

By quickly issuing a flurry of executive orders that attempt to take away the rights of trans people, President Donald Trump has made clear during his administration’s first few weeks that he intends to continue his bullying ways – ignoring the law and trampling constitutional rights – now that he h

Rule #1 in fighting Trump’s unconstitutional orders: Don’t concede power. Period.

As part of the ACLU of Michigan’s Black History Month celebration, we asked people on our staff to share their thoughts on a particular book, film, television show, or piece of music related to the Black experience in America that they’ve found to be especially moving, important or insightful. The r