I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
DETROIT– The American Civil Liberties Union will host three screenings of the new film ‘Rendition’ starting Oct. 23. The screenings will occur in three Michigan cities, Canton, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo.
The film features Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhal, and Meryl Streep.
Extraordinary rendition is the illegal practice of abducting foreign nationals for detention and interrogation in secret overseas prisons. Recent accounts of rendition have demonstrated a chilling pattern – black-clad masked men grab foreign nationals, beat and strip them down before loading them onto planes for destinations unknown to their families or governments. These victims are then taken to secret “black site” prisons around the world. Others are delivered to nations like Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Morocco that are notorious for torturing prisoners.
Prior to each showing, the ACLU of Michigan will host a discussion about the Don’t Wait for ’08 100-day campaign to end torture, restore habeas corpus, stop warrantless wiretapping and close Guantanamo Bay.
Canton – Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Goodrich Canton 7
43555 Ford Road, Canton
6:30 p.m. discssion, 7 p.m. showing
Ann Arbor – Thursday, October 25, 2007
Ann Arbor Quality 16
3686 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor
6:30 p.m. discssion, 7 p.m. showing
Kalamazoo – Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Kalamazoo 10
820 Maple Hill Road, Kalamazoo
6:30 p.m. discssion, 7 p.m. showing
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