civil rights

It is legal to speak your mind, advocate for yourself or record police activity in most circumstances. Still, attorneys and a former law enforcement officer say there’s no guarantee your rights will be respected in the moment — or that it’s always safe to exercise them.

The department's Office of Civil Rights investigated 75 instances of alleged discrimination and harassment based on shared Jewish ancestry and shared Palestinian or Muslim ancestry. The investigation found that the university's responses did not meet its Title VI requirements to remedy the hostile environment.

Today, an analysis of Tuesday's primary election results, the details of a forthcoming, Black-led and woman-led birth center, and the story of a critical civil rights leader in Detroit.

Mays died of natural causes Saturday. He was a plaintiff in several state and federal lawsuits against the city of Flint.

The first charges filed under Michigan's new safe firearm storage laws, how cultural changes can reduce deaths by guns, and remembering Battle Creek's civil rights era.

EGLE and EPA announced last week that they had reached an “informal resolution” of a civil rights complaint that Flint groups filed in 2021. The groups said they were initially involved in negotiations, but that “at the last minute,” EGLE and EPA agreed to the “watered-down” resolution.

The National Park Service and the city are teaming up to restore the AG Gaston Motel built by Black entrepreneur AG Gaston. It served as a secure space for civil rights leaders to strategize in 1963.

Gov. Whitmer signed a bill that adds LGBTQ protections to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. ACLU attorney Jay Kaplan tells us how far the movement has come.

Today, we spoke with an ACLU attorney about the decades-long push for LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan. Plus, we revisited a conversation with Iraqi American writer Dunya Mikhail, author of the book The Bird Tattoo.

After years of trying, the Michigan Legislature has passed a bill to add LGBTQ protections to state civil rights law.