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Abortion rights activists celebrate Michigan’s Proposal 3, a ‘historic victory’
The approval means the 1931 ban will no longer be enforced
By Alex Washington
Tags: Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Politics & Elections, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, Beaumont, Wayne County, Oakland County, Lansing, Michigan Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade
Record number of signatures collected to put abortion rights on Michigan ballot in November
The ballot measure would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Freedom for All, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Michigan, election, ballot, Planned Parenthood, ACLU
Celebrity makeup artist and Detroit native AJ Crimson has reportedly died
The Detroit native's death was confirmed on social media by close friends
Tags: Culture, AJ Crimson, Detroit, makeup artist, death
ACLU calls for Justice Department to investigate Taylor Police Department’s ‘culture of cruelty’
Tags: Taylor, Police, excessive force, racism, police brutality, lawsuit, ACLU, Justice Department
Documentary about ICP's fight to get Juggalos taken off of FBI gang watchlist finally has a trailer
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, ICP, Juggalos, FBI, the gathering, Faygo, Detroit, Shaggy 2 Dope, ICP, ACLU, United States of Insanity
Black entrepreneurs are underrepresented in Michigan's recreational marijuana industry
Tags: Marijuana News, Racism, Diversity, Michigan, Marijuana Regulatory Agency, marijuana, dispensaries, ACLU
COVID-19 sweeps through Macomb County Jail, infecting more than a quarter of inmates
Tags: Jails, Macomb County, Macomb County jail, coronavirus, Sheriff Wickersham, Mt. Clemens
Soul singer Melvin Davis releases cover of Death's 'Politicians in My Eyes'
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Melvin Davis, Death, Politicians in My Eyes, Crimetown, Detroit, soul, rock, punk, 2020, election
Civil rights coalition files class-action lawsuit to ban water shutoffs in Detroit
Tags: ACLU, lawsuit, water shutoffs, water, Detroit, Michigan, DWSD, Gov. Whitmer, civil rights, racism
Staff members charged in death of Black teen who screamed 'I can't breathe' at Michigan youth center
Tags: Cornelius Fredericks, foster care, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lakeside Academy, hospital, death, coronavirus, Jon Marko, civil rights, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Prosecutor Jeff Getting
Black teen died after screaming 'I can't breathe' while restrained at a for-profit youth center in Kalamazoo, lawsuit states
Tags: Cornelius Fredericks, foster care, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lakeside Academy, hospital, death, coronavirus, Jon Marko, civil rights
MSP investigating mysterious death of 38-year-old woman in Harper Woods jail
Tags: Jail, Harper Woods, Harper Woods police, police, death, autopsy, Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office
Aimee Stephens died before a ruling was reached in her transgender rights Supreme Court case
Tags: Aimee Stephens, ACLU, transgender, LGBT
Detroit's Science of Grief program goes virtual and global — with a focus on grief during coronavirus
Tags: The Scene, COVID-19, Grief, death, Detroit, coronavirus
Wayne County Sheriff's Office commander dies from coronavirus
Tags: News Hits, Coronavirus, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Wayne County, death, Detroit, Detroit Police Department
Detroit police dispatcher dies after testing positive for coronavirus; 9 officers infected
Tags: Detroit Police, coronavirus, death, dispatcher, Mayor Duggan, Chief Craig, jail, Wayne County Sheriff's Office
Lawsuit targets billion-dollar company making life-and-death medical decisions in Michigan jails
Taking on Wellpath
By Curt Guyette
Tags: News Hits, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Michigan, Wellpath, Grand Traverse County Jail, Macomb County Jail, Correct Care Solutions, Correctional Medical Group Companies
Second Michigan resident dies from lung injury linked to tainted THC vaping
Tags: Marijuana News, Marijuana, Vaping, MDHHS, Health, Death, lung illness
Just say no to facial recognition, says Detroit coalition of civil rights groups
Tags: News Hits, Facial Recognition Technology, surveillance, Project Green Light, Detroit police, Detroit, Board of Police Commissioners, CAIR, ACLU
Detroit artists band together for Planned Parenthood and ACLU fundraiser at Marble Bar
Staff Pick
Tags: City Slang, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, ITMFA, Fuck Trump, Detroit
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
Pot-friendly Michigan music venue scales back programming
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit
By Layla McMurtrie