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7 Jun 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The growth follows a string of victories in the Supreme Court and state Legislatures by religious conservatives who have campaigned to tear down what once were constitutional prohibitions against spending tax money directly on religious education. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 9:00 pm by Jon May
Darrow is remembered for his defense of John Scopes, who was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution; for saving the lives of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who had murdered fourteen-year-old Bobby Frank in their pursuit of committing the perfect crime; and for his successful defense of eleven Black men in Detroit who were prosecuted for killing a white neighbor during a confrontation with a mob after one of the defendants, Henry Sweet, moved into a white neighborhood.Many people… [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The court ruled in two cases involving lawsuits filed by individuals who were blocked after leaving critical comments on social media accounts belonging to school board members in Southern California and a city manager in Michigan. [read post]
1 Mar 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
But they are legal for school districts and boards of education. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ron DeSantis touted as a way to help parents combat what he and other conservative figures claimed was “liberal indoctrination” woven through the K-12 and higher education system. [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 12:37 pm by Guest Author
Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in constitutional challenges to a pair of laws from Florida and Texas that would force social media sites to disseminate a wide range of third-party speech that they do not wish to carry. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – DWP Board President Is Out Amid Ethics Questions, Power Struggle at Utility MSN – Dakota Smith (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 1/9/2024 Cynthia McClain-Hill will step down as president of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commission following ethics-related complaints involving her and growing tensions over the utility’s leadership. [read post]
Matthews’s grandfather, despite his qualifications, faced discrimination and racial inequality in metro-Detroit. [read post]
Matthews’s grandfather, despite his qualifications, faced discrimination and racial inequality in metro-Detroit. [read post]
Newsom vetoed this bill) Other Union News: In a first for a sitting president, in late September President Biden joined the United Auto Workers picketing in Detroit. [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Gag Order on Trump in Election Case Leaves More Hard Questions DNyuz – Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer (New York Times) | Published: 10/17/2023 U.S. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
NGP VAN provides tools used by Democrats, from the White House to local school boards, to raise money and mobilize voters. [read post]
10 Oct 2023, 12:06 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  In my insular little town in northwest Ohio, I had heard of Notre Dame and Georgetown (and the University of Detroit, simply because of proximity), but that was about it. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Texas, Florida Social Media Cases and More MSN – Ann Marimow and Cat Zakrzewski (Washington Post) | Published: 9/29/2023 The Supreme Court said it would wade into the future of free speech online and decide whether laws passed in Texas and Florida can restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts. [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The report from the staff for the Alaska Public Offices Commission recommends penalties of $22,500 for Art Mathias, a leader of the repeal effort, and approximately $20,000 for the church-affiliated Ranked Choice Education Association among its findings. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 8:34 am by Jay A. Fernandez
I-375 that crushed Black Bottom and Paradise Valley in Detroit. [read post]