Updated 8:01 a.m. 10/8/24 Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with University of Michigan campus police Monday and at least one arrest was made during a demonstration march that marked the one year anniversary of…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters say charges are ‘politicized,’ demand AG drop them
A pro-Palestinian coalition of University of Michigan student groups say authorities have weaponized the legal system to quash their protests and have called on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to drop what…
‘A campus should not be lawless’: AG charges 11 people involved in University of Michigan protests
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Thursday against 11 individuals in connection to protests at the University of Michigan. Nine of the charges pertain to an encampment by pro-Palestinian protestors that…
Judge denies injunction in lawsuit filed by spurned Democratic U of M regent candidate
A judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit filed by a Palestinian American activist against the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) alleging a lack of election integrity…
War in Gaza and U of M regent race dominate Michigan Democrats’ state convention
As Michigan Democrats on Saturday nominated their picks for Supreme Court and education boards on the Nov. 5 ballot, the University of Michigan Regents — the one contested race — took centerstage. …
U of M Regent race could be the most controversial at state Democratic convention
As the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) gets set to hold its convention this weekend in Lansing, trying to build on the unity coming out of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, one…
Rep. Slotkin says it’s time to stop ‘playing defense on democracy’
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing) says that if she’s elected to the U.S. Senate this year, she wants to use her background as a former CIA and Defense Department official to build…
Pro-Palestinian protesters slam U of M for asking Michigan AG to press charges against students
A coalition of student groups at the University of Michigan say Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is now looking into possible charges against students involved in pro-Palestinian protests on the Ann Arbor…
Wayne State faculty: ‘Hands off our students’
A week after Wayne State University and Detroit police dismantled a pro-Palestinan encampment, school faculty, students and activists rallied on Tuesday against what they called an infringement on free speech and called…
‘I am a target of this because I am Jewish’
A University of Michigan regent says the vandalism of his Southfield-based law firm early Monday occurred because he is Jewish and is the definition of antisemitism. Jordan Acker, a partner at Goodman…