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Should DC Residents Get the Benefits of Full Citizenship?

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|Date: July 21, 2019
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Should DC Residents Get the Benefits of Full Citizenship?

By Monica Hopkins Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of Washington, D.C. I no ...

By Monica Hopkins Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of Washington, D.C. I now live in a vibrant community with people who work hard, not just as federal workers but also a ...

July 21, 2019
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Trump Administration Proposes Another Form of Family Separation

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|Date: July 15, 2019
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Trump Administration Proposes Another Form of Family Separation

By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski and Linda Morris The world has watched in horror as migrant families have been f ...

By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski and Linda Morris The world has watched in horror as migrant families have been forcibly separated, placed into camps, and subjected to the cruel conditions of detention, as pa ...

July 15, 2019
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ACLU Seeks Court Order against ICE to Guarantee Detained Immigrants Access to Lawyers

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|Date: July 13, 2019
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ACLU Seeks Court Order against ICE to Guarantee Detained Immigrants Access to Lawyers

(From Press Release) — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California went to court today to seek an injuncti ...

(From Press Release) — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California went to court today to seek an injunction that would prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from blocking Pangea Legal Servi ...

July 13, 2019
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After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It

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|Date: July 04, 2019
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After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It

By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in “Camp J,” one of the ...

By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in “Camp J,” one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America’s most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penite ...

July 04, 2019
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The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women

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|Date: July 01, 2019
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The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women

By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling televi ...

By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands – one pair with a key an ...

July 01, 2019
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Axon Decides to Ban Facial Recognition on Body Cameras

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|Date: June 29, 2019
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Axon Decides to Ban Facial Recognition on Body Cameras

Axon, a maker of officer-worn body cameras used by many United States police departments, today announced ...

Axon, a maker of officer-worn body cameras used by many United States police departments, today announced that it will not add facial recognition systems to those devices. This announcement comes as t ...

June 29, 2019
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Immigrants’ Rights Aren’t Possible If We Don’t Stop Criminalizing Border Crossing

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|Date: June 28, 2019
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Immigrants’ Rights Aren’t Possible If We Don’t Stop Criminalizing Border Crossing

By Ruthie Epstein Last night’s Democratic presidential debate shined an unlikely spotlight on a little-kn ...

By Ruthie Epstein Last night’s Democratic presidential debate shined an unlikely spotlight on a little-known section of the federal code — 8. U.S.C. 1325. This law makes crossing the border without le ...

June 28, 2019
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Children Continue to Die in Government Custody

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|Date: June 25, 2019
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Children Continue to Die in Government Custody

By Cynthia Pompa In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after being det ...

By Cynthia Pompa In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after being detained by federal immigration agencies at the border. These children came to the United States d ...

June 25, 2019
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Lack of Voter Participation, Not Fraud, Real Problem in California Elections

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|Date: June 24, 2019
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Lack of Voter Participation, Not Fraud, Real Problem in California Elections

By Christina Fletes Every four years when there is a presidential primary, many voters who decline to sta ...

By Christina Fletes Every four years when there is a presidential primary, many voters who decline to state a party preference are surprised when their mail-in ballot arrives and it is missing the pre ...

June 24, 2019
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As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights

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|Date: June 22, 2019
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As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights

By Naureen Shah This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to de ...

By Naureen Shah This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to deport millions of immigrants, apparently referring to his administration’s plans for mass raids ...

June 22, 2019
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Lessons from Juneteenth, Our Continued Fight for Freedom

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|Date: June 21, 2019
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Lessons from Juneteenth, Our Continued Fight for Freedom

By Abre' Conner Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black ...

By Abre' Conner Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told that they were free. Juneteenth is widely celebrated as “ ...

June 21, 2019
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Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”

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|Date: June 19, 2019
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Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”

By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrow ...

By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrowing story of the five Black and Latinx boys wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and near murder ...

June 19, 2019
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Trump Border Czar Will Continue the Administration’s Cruel Border Policies

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|Date: June 15, 2019
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Trump Border Czar Will Continue the Administration’s Cruel Border Policies

By Brian Tashman President Trump announced today that former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) di ...

By Brian Tashman President Trump announced today that former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Thomas Homan will return to his administration as “border czar,” a new post he described ...

June 15, 2019
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A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency

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|Date: June 13, 2019
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A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency

By the Appeal It should be news to no one that prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outs ...

By the Appeal It should be news to no one that prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outsize role in mass incarceration, but what can be done? Until the public knows what prosecutors a ...

June 13, 2019
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ACLU Sues Overall Removal of Polling Place in First Amendment Dispute over Black Lives Matter Banner

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|Date: June 11, 2019
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ACLU Sues Overall Removal of Polling Place in First Amendment Dispute over Black Lives Matter Banner

Registrar Violated Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno's First Amendment Rights (From Press Release) ...

Registrar Violated Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno's First Amendment Rights (From Press Release) — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California today filed a lawsuit against Fresno County's chie ...

June 11, 2019
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Harvard Was Wrong to Dismiss Its Dean for Representing Harvey Weinstein

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|Date: June 09, 2019
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Harvard Was Wrong to Dismiss Its Dean for Representing Harvey Weinstein

By David Cole and Carol Rose Last month, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana announced that Ronald Sulliv ...

By David Cole and Carol Rose Last month, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana announced that Ronald Sullivan, a professor in the law school, would no longer serve as faculty dean of Winthrop House, a r ...

June 09, 2019
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Alarm Sounded on Face Surveillance-Enabled Body Cameras in California

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|Date: June 07, 2019
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Alarm Sounded on Face Surveillance-Enabled Body Cameras in California

Diverse coalition announces support for AB 1215: The Body Camera Accountability Act (From Press Release)– ...

Diverse coalition announces support for AB 1215: The Body Camera Accountability Act (From Press Release)–Today, the ACLU of California and a diverse coalition of civil rights, racial justice, and digi ...

June 07, 2019
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The Hypocrisy of William Barr’s Spying Claims

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|Date: June 04, 2019
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The Hypocrisy of William Barr’s Spying Claims

By Ashley Gorski Discussing the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation, Attorney General William Barr ...

By Ashley Gorski Discussing the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation, Attorney General William Barr recently claimed that “Government power was used to spy on American citizens.” He went on to sa ...

June 04, 2019
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Commentary: Did Democrats Sell Out on Police Use of Force?

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|Date: May 31, 2019
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Commentary: Did Democrats Sell Out on Police Use of Force?

Reaction to the compromise of AB 392, the police use-of-force bill co-authored by Shirley Weber and Kevin ...

Reaction to the compromise of AB 392, the police use-of-force bill co-authored by Shirley Weber and Kevin McCarty, varies. Some are calling it a sellout, others believe California could have the stri ...

May 31, 2019
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Not Perfect, but Cop Deadly Use of Force Measure Gets OK by Assembly

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|Date: May 30, 2019
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Not Perfect, but Cop Deadly Use of Force Measure Gets OK by Assembly

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A controversial measure to restrict the use ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A controversial measure to restrict the use of deadly force by California’s peace officers became a little less controversial this week – ...

May 30, 2019
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