Qualified Immunity: The Legal Principle Protecting Unconstitutional Police Actions
There have been calls to reallocate police funding and other criminal justice reforms in the face of numerous police killings...
Duggan on Police Driving Into Protesters: “What Are You Supposed to Do?”
A video shows a Detroit police vehicle accelerating through a crowd of protesters on Sunday night in Southwest Detroit. Protesters...
Sen. Stabenow: Schools Can’t Open Safely Without Federal Funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for parents, students, teachers and administrators across the country as schools have been forced...
Detroit Police Used Facial Recognition Tech To Falsely Arrest This Man. Now He’s Speaking Out.
Earlier this year, Robert Williams of Farmington Hills, a Black Man, was falsely accused of shoplifting in Detroit back in...
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson: Ensuring Absentee Voting Smart, Safe Measure
Video emerged from Kentucky’s primary election this week, showing voters pounding on the locked doors of the only polling location...
Parents Going Back to Work After Pandemic Peak Struggle to Find Child Care
The coronavirus pandemic has put a strain on the nation's child care system. Many providers had to close due to...
Michigan Officials Look to Boost Funding For Schools Re-Opening
Republican lawmakers in Lansing have unveiled their plan to re-open school buildings this fall. The plan relies on $1.3 billion...
Former Gubernatorial Candidate Abdul El-Sayed On Policing and Public Health
A number of local governments in Michigan and across the country have declared racism a public health crisis. The move...
Racism Against Minorities Is Keeping America Back
The United States is in the midst of a collective reckoning of the systemic racism that has plagued the country for...
Protestors March for Change, But Lansing Lawmakers Offer Little
Hundreds of protesters marched on Lansing two weeks ago at an NAACP-sponsored protest. The next day, state lawmakers in the...
Policing Is Just the Start of Reforming Criminal Justice
As protests across the country continue, calls to defund the police continue to be amplified. Many Americans are now pushing...
Michigan Chief Justice: State Could Lead in Criminal Justice Reform
As the state begins to open back up during the pandemic, courts are also grappling with how to resume cases....