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Michael Phillips

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Maryland, United States
As seen in: Medium, Dallas Observer
Investigative journalism by Michael Phillips. Expose injustice. Demand reform. Court corruption, civil rights, stories they don't want told.

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Michael Phillips’s Biography

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Michael Phillips is an independent journalist, legal reform advocate, and founder of Father & Co., REBUILT, and The Functional Technologist. Through investigative reporting, op-eds, and creative commentary, he exposes systemic injustices in the U.S. family court system, particularly around parental alienation, disability rights, and judicial accountability. His work has appeared in Maryland Bay News, The Family Court Circus, The Republic Dispatch, and across Medium and Substack platforms.

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Articles

Trump is bulldozing the site of a Texas massacre. It’s time to remember Porvenir

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By Michael Phillips, Rick Halperin, Hadi Jawad
| Dallas Observer Verified
Scholar and author Michael Phillips, SMU Professor Rick Halperin and Hadi Jawad, co-founder and president of Human Rights Dallas, submitted the op-ed below on how the Trump administration’s border plans may destroy a precious Texas historic site. Back in 2018, Texas led the nation in removing Confederate monuments. Critics of that movement, like former state Rep.
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53 years later, Santos Rodriguez’s murder still demands Dallas reckon with its past

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By Michael Phillips, Rick Halperin, Hadi Jawad
| Dallas Observer Verified
Historian and author Michael Phillips, SMU Professor Rick Halperin and Hadi Jawad, co-founder and president of Human Rights Dallas, submitted the op-ed below about the upcoming anniversary of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez’s murder on July 24. In a just world, Santos Rodriguez would already be eligible for Social Security benefits.
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Racist protests at Karmelo Anthony trial distubingly familiar in Collin County

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By Michael Phillips, Rick Halperin, Hadi Jawad
| Dallas Observer Verified
Jake Lang demonstrated outside of the Karmelo Anthony trial at the Collin County Courthouse on June 4 despite having been arrested by local law enforcement just days before. As a condition of his release, Lang has been barred from entering the courthouse. Scholar and author, Michael Phillips, SMU Professor Rick Halperin and Hadi Jawad, co-founder and president of Human Rights Dallas submitted the op-ed below on Collin County’s long history of racism and extremism.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

In 5th grade, I wrote articles with my grandfather for the newspaper he was the editor of in New Jersey.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

It's getting news out faster and easier to digest. Anyone can break a news story.