Mass Mobilization and Tools of Change
January 20, 2017
Because enslaved Africans were known to attack their masters, burn plantation crops, destroy farm equipment and organize insurrections, laws governing their conduct called “slave codes” placed severe...
ISSUES
Racial Justice
Supporting Black Labor: Ending Criminal Record Exclusions in the Workforce
January 19, 2017
As we honor Martin Luther King, Jr and his legacy this week, it’s important to examine the intersection of two issues that he devoted energy and attention to: race relations and economic equality....
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Criminal Justice
Fight to End Harmful Tax Practices in Detroit Underscores the Need to Continue to Challenge Institutional Racism
January 16, 2017
By Kimberly Buddin-Crawford
Hundreds of African-American homeowners in Detroit will lose their properties this fall, joining the thousands before them who are part of one of the largest tax...
ISSUES
Racial Justice
Flint Residents Deserve Unfiltered Truth
January 13, 2017
Once broken, trust can be almost impossible to repair.
This maxim is more than evident in Flint, where residents were repeatedly given false assurances that their water was safe for 18 months...
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Flint Water Crisis
Charges Against Emergency Managers Underscore Folly of Shortsightedness that Created Flint Water Crisis
December 20, 2016
Although it wasn’t mentioned directly by name when state Attorney General Bill Schuette announced the filing of felony charges against four officials connected to the Flint water crisis, Michigan’s...
A look back: Takeaways from ACLU of Michigan Law Enforcement Hearing
December 09, 2016
A little more than a year ago, the ACLU of Michigan’s Racial Justice Project convened an important hearing on law enforcement best practices. At the time, the public’s alarm about police violence was...