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Southgate Police Accreditation: Trust, But Verify
A real estate “community update” graphic making the rounds says Southgate Police earned accreditation for excellence. Here’s what that actually means, what it doesn’t mean, and why Dearborn (and every Downriver neighbor) should treat accreditation as a starting line for public trust—not the finish line.[1] A polished graphic from a local business spotlighted big news: ...
Mahmoud Khalil and the Speech Deportation Machine
Newly unsealed government records tied to AAUP v. Rubio spotlight how immigration enforcement can be weaponized against constitutionally protected pro-Palestinian speech. Mahmoud Khalil’s case shows what happens when “foreign policy” becomes a loophole big enough to drive a black van through. A paper trail that reads like a warning label A batch of newly unsealed ...
Whose Commandments in the Classroom?
A new legal fight in the Fifth Circuit isn’t really about wall décor—it’s about who gets to shape a child’s moral and religious world: families, or the state. The Center for Inquiry just weighed in, arguing Texas’ Ten Commandments classroom mandate crosses a constitutional line—and the ripple effects matter even here in Dearborn, where faith ...
From Universal Declaration of Human Values – Article 7 – Rules of Order
Robert Rules of Order should be the governing rules for all governing bodies in governments and their institutions, as well as non-governmental institutions. Article 7 – Rules of Order Democratic governance quickly decays into confusion and domination by the loudest voices when there are no shared rules for how we meet, debate, and decide. In ...
Gaza’s Winter: Flooded Tents, Frozen Children, Forgotten Headlines
Gaza is “flooded, freezing, and forgotten.” That isn’t poetry—it’s a field report. As storms tear through makeshift camps, the humanitarian crisis deepens under blocked or delayed shelter supplies, shattered infrastructure, and constrained access. An Instagram post making the rounds says: “This is Gaza RIGHT NOW. Flooded, Freezing and Forgotten. And in DIRE need of attention ...
Legitimacy in the Middle East: Who Got to Vote?
In our region, “state legitimacy” isn’t a tidy stamp—it’s a messy argument about power, self-determination, colonial paperwork, coups, and who actually got to say “yes” (or “no”) when borders and regimes were invented. Every few months, someone tells you a country is “legitimate” because it has a flag and a seat somewhere important. Meanwhile, half ...
Federal incentives fuel closer ICE partnerships with police agencies
Local law enforcement agreements with ICE not yet impacting operations in Michigan By Douglas P. Marsh Originally published at MichiganAdvance.com /2026/01/08/federal-incentives-fuel-closer-ice-partnerships-with-michigan-police-agencies/ The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday—after the agent fired through the window of her car—has renewed national scrutiny of ICE’s expanding role and the growing ...
Hands Off Venezuela: Law, Oil, and a Dangerous Precedent
In the early hours of January 3, the U.S. launched strikes in and around Caracas and said Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were captured and flown out of the country. President Trump then claimed the U.S. would “run” Venezuela “for now,” igniting worldwide condemnation, a constitutional firestorm in Washington, and urgent ...
Beyond the Duopoly: Why Professor Butch Ware is the Radical Voice Dearborn Needs
By The Dearborn Greens / Dearborn Blog Staff For decades, the people of Dearborn have been told that our political safety lies in playing the "lesser of two evils" game. We’ve been told that if we just knock on enough doors for the "Fox" (the smiling liberal), we might avoid the teeth of the "Wolf" ...