Freedom isn’t free
You can’t understand the scope of 122,000 names until you see them on a wall. Stand at the foot of the National Monument to Freedom, recently dedicated by the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, and…
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Michigan Senate honors the sacrifices and legacy of 1964’s Freedom Summer
The Michigan Senate on Thursday commemorated the anniversary of Freedom Summer and the role played by Michiganders. Senate Resolution 134, sponsored by state Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), honored the effort in the summer of 1964…
Michigan Freedom Caucus calls for crackdown on undocumented immigration
A day after President Joe Biden announced he was taking executive action to cap the number of requests for asylum granted at the southern border, members of Michigan’s far-right Freedom Caucus gathered on the Capitol…
Freedom Caucuses push for conservative state laws, but getting attention is their big success
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When a Republican colleague threatened to read aloud from a 2-foot stack of books — including a biblical guide to leadership and a tome by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist — to protest inaction…
Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery to honor victims of slavery
The Equal Justice Initiative will soon open a third site in the Montgomery area memorializing victims of racial violence. Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, a 17-acre site located on the banks of the Alabama River on…
Biden warns ‘freedom and democracy are under attack’ in fierce State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — In remarks pivotal to his reelection this fall, President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address Thursday night portrayed himself as the defender of democracy, touted the bipartisan deals he’s brokered…