What to Do If a Public Figure Threatens to Sue You in Michigan
There’s nothing that rattles a reporter quite like a letter from a lawyer with bolded words like “DEFAMATION” and “IMMEDIATE…
Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline: How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Dismantle a Broken System
For decades, advocates have warned about the school-to-prison pipeline, the pattern where disciplinary practices push students, especially Black, Brown, disabled, and…
Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors — A Metaphor for Lived Experience
With Halloween on the way, I thought I would do some fun pieces on horror movies. Horror is often a…
Michigan Judge Suspended After Child Sex Crime Conviction: Christopher Woolf Case Breakdown
Earlier this month, the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board issued a Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension for Christopher J. Woolf (P?79877). According to the…
Four Guns for One Man: Battle Creek PD’s Overreach Caught on Body Cam
Today, I watched some eyebrow raising body cam footage. The kind that made me shake my head in disbelief and…
Women Behind Bars: The Forgotten Prison Population
We don’t lock up women to make communities safer. We lock up women because it’s easier than fixing poverty, easier…
Read With Clutch: Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
The handbook the powerful hate and the powerless keep reaching for. This month, we’re reading Rules for Radicals by Saul…
When a Guilty Plea Isn’t Final: How a Ginther Hearing Could Reopen the Case of Cory Nethery
A complex and serious case is unfolding in Allegan County: today, Cory Nethery, who originally pled guilty to second?degree murder,…
When Prosecutors Ignore the Law: The Case of Marieh Tanha and Michigan’s Integrity Crisis
We expect prosecutors to be guardians of the law; to act with integrity, fairness, and accountability. We trust them to…
When Grief Meets Reality: Why Collecting Millions From a Formerly Incarcerated Person Is Harder Than It Sounds
The grief of losing a loved one to violence is immeasurable. No amount of money can replace the years, the…
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