civil rights

Michigan’s landmark civil rights law was celebrated today as a legal milestone in a ceremony at the state Capitol that re-united the two main sponsors of…

Asian-American and civil rights activists commemorated the 30-year anniversary of Vincent Chin’s death this weekend.Chin’s murder outside a Highland Park…

A Muslim civil rights group says federal agents are wrongly detaining and questioning Muslim-Americans coming into the U-S.The Michigan Council on…

A battle over gay and lesbian legal protections is heating up.Sixty-five local elected officials have signed a letter supporting a bill that would add…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Nearly 50,000 state workers are getting refunds on the 3 percent they've been paying for a year toward retiree health care…

Hundreds of people descended on Detroit’s Martin Luther King, Junior high school Monday morning for a march honoring the civil rights leader.It was just…

The head of the American Family Association of Michigan is appealing a court ruling that upheld a federal hate crime law.The law, called the Matthew…

Daniel Krichbaum is head of the only department of state government explicitly authorized by the Michigan Constitution.He is also executive director of…

Police say longtime Flint civil rights activist and attorney C. Frederick Robinson has been fatally shot. The Flint Journal reports Robinson was killed…

Gender identity and sexual orientation are a hot topic right now in the city of Holland. That’s because Holland city council is considering adding local…