ACLU of Michigan

On today's show, a lawsuit against the University of Michigan is challenging its campus ban for students and community members who participated in protests over the war in Gaza last year. Also, a buzzy new Detroit restaurant serves up Mexico City-inspired fare for the Motor City. And, the iconic Detroit musician J Dilla has a street named in his honor.

Healthcare providers are canceling appointments for gender-affirming care. We heard about the legal pushback against doing so. And a professor gave her tips for navigating online misinformation.

Jay Kaplan, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, discusses the impacts of the executive order by President Donald Trump on gender-affirming care.

The ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit challenging what it calls the University of Michigan’s “repressive” policies toward some pro-Palestinian protesters. The civil rights group is suing on behalf of five people who received “trespass bans” after participating in protest activities.

The ACLU of Michigan is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over what it calls a “legal loophole” that lets those agencies keep immigration detention records “completely secret.” The lawsuit focuses on people who are detained for immigration violations in county jails.

Civil liberties groups are concerned that the incoming Republican majority in Washington may act to water down federal voting rights law.

A federal judge in Detroit says he plans to sign a settlement in a case involving the detention and attempted deportation of around 1400 Iraqi nationals. The Trump Administration arrested the Iraqis with old criminal convictions or immigration violations in 2017.

The ACLU of Michigan says it’s reached a landmark legal settlement with the Detroit Police Department over the department’s use of facial recognition technology.

The civil rights group’s digital map pinpoints Michigan communities that it says have seen organized book censorship campaigns, or local governments banning LGBTQ Pride flags from city property.

How the Israel bombardment of Gaza is affecting voters in Dearborn, a new study on the Michigan State Police and racial disparities, the resurgence of Latin for Detroit Lions fans, and weaving dreamy, three-dimensional landscapes up north.