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ACLU Acknowledges DOJ’s Progress on Racial Profiling Policy, but Advocates for Further Action

Posted by Elina Sadeghain
|Date: May 29, 2023
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ACLU Acknowledges DOJ’s Progress on Racial Profiling Policy, but Advocates for Further Action

By Elina Sadeghian WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU this past week said, despite President Biden's executive ord ...

By Elina Sadeghian WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU this past week said, despite President Biden's executive order on policing designed to strengthen democracy and promote equality and dignity, and the Biden ...

May 29, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance

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|Date: May 25, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – The US Supreme Court this week declined to hear Moore v. United ...

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – The US Supreme Court this week declined to hear Moore v. United States, leaving in place a patchwork of lower court decisions on an important and recurring que ...

May 25, 2023
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ACLU Pushed Back Against Local Book Restrict Policy

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|Date: May 23, 2023
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ACLU Pushed Back Against Local Book Restrict Policy

Special to the Vanguard Ludlow, MA – Last week, the ACLU of Massachusetts called on the Ludlow School Com ...

Special to the Vanguard Ludlow, MA – Last week, the ACLU of Massachusetts called on the Ludlow School Committee to reject a proposed school library policy that would impose sweeping and unjustifiable ...

May 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: This Week, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us Who They Really Are

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|Date: May 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: This Week, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us Who They Really Are

Lawmakers are bending the democratic process and ignoring their constituents to push health care out of r ...

Lawmakers are bending the democratic process and ignoring their constituents to push health care out of reach. By Rose Machenzie This week was a heartbreaking one for those of us who believe in the fr ...

May 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Justice and Safety, Not Fear, Continue to Win at the Ballot Box

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|Date: May 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Justice and Safety, Not Fear, Continue to Win at the Ballot Box

In Pennsylvania and across the country, voters are electing candidates who offer solutions and hope, not ...

In Pennsylvania and across the country, voters are electing candidates who offer solutions and hope, not fear and failure. By Ellen Flenniken On Tuesday, voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, sent ...

May 20, 2023
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ACLU Files Suit Against Kern County For Operating a “Plea Mill”

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|Date: May 10, 2023
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ACLU Files Suit Against Kern County For Operating a “Plea Mill”

Over eight years, more than 50,000 Kern defendants have pled guilty without lawyers at their first court ...

Over eight years, more than 50,000 Kern defendants have pled guilty without lawyers at their first court appearance Special to the Vanguard Bakersfield, CA – The ACLU and others this week filed a la ...

May 10, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Why Fair Housing Is Key to Systemic Equality

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|Date: May 09, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Why Fair Housing Is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to housing today, and why we're fighting to ensure a ...

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to housing today, and why we're fighting to ensure all people have equal access. By Sandra Park Few fights are more pivotal to ending systemic ineq ...

May 09, 2023
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ACLU Disagrees with Legislation Threatening Online Privacy

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|Date: May 08, 2023
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ACLU Disagrees with Legislation Threatening Online Privacy

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU this past week heavily criticized tech legislation in Congr ...

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU this past week heavily criticized tech legislation in Congress - the “Earn It Act,” the “Stop CSAM Act” and the “Cooper Davis Act,” charging the measures ...

May 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech

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|Date: May 07, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech

The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising th ...

The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest. By Laura Moraff In 2019, police in Cas ...

May 07, 2023
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Guest Commentary: 911 – Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police

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|Date: May 04, 2023
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Guest Commentary: 911 – Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police

By Ashika Verriest Every person deserves equal, effective treatment and safety, especially when in crisis ...

By Ashika Verriest Every person deserves equal, effective treatment and safety, especially when in crisis. In such a vulnerable circumstance, people need professionals trained to provide support and c ...

May 04, 2023
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State Atty. Andrew Warren, Suspended by Gov. DeSantis, Argues Reinstatement in Appeals Court

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: May 04, 2023
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State Atty. Andrew Warren, Suspended by Gov. DeSantis, Argues Reinstatement in Appeals Court

By Audrey Sawyer MONTGOMERY, AL — Questions of legality were brought up by a federal judge earlier this y ...

By Audrey Sawyer MONTGOMERY, AL — Questions of legality were brought up by a federal judge earlier this year regarding Gov. Ron DeSantis’s suspension of elected State Attorney Andrew Warren, claiming ...

May 04, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 198: Sean Wilson – Incarcerated to Reformer

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|Date: May 01, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 198: Sean Wilson – Incarcerated to Reformer

https://youtu.be/LDCpVRamaM8 At the age of 17, Sean Wilson was incarcerated and spent 17 years in prison. ...

https://youtu.be/LDCpVRamaM8 At the age of 17, Sean Wilson was incarcerated and spent 17 years in prison. Since his release six years ago, he has dedicated his life to reforming the system. Sean Wils ...

May 01, 2023
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Guest Commentary: National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation

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|Date: April 30, 2023
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Guest Commentary: National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation

U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcem ...

U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement. By Collette Flanagan and Kerry McClean In May 2020, a Minneapolis police officer kneeled o ...

April 30, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Access to Housing Is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (Again)

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|Date: April 22, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Access to Housing Is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (Again)

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations. By Taylor Pendergr ...

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations. By Taylor Pendergrass In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King left their single-family home ...

April 22, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Administrative Stay, Preserving Access to Abortion Medicine

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|Date: April 17, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Administrative Stay, Preserving Access to Abortion Medicine

By Marisol Franco WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU applauded the U.S. Supreme Court late Friday administrative s ...

By Marisol Franco WASHINGTON, DC - The ACLU applauded the U.S. Supreme Court late Friday administrative stay of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had “severely restricted” the use of mife ...

April 17, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

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|Date: April 15, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our crimina ...

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system. By Brian Stull Leo Jones, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to death by ...

April 15, 2023
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ACLU, Defendants Appeal Judge’s Ruling on Death Penalty in Riverside Racial Justice Act Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2023
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ACLU, Defendants Appeal Judge’s Ruling on Death Penalty in Riverside Racial Justice Act Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – In February, Riverside Superior Court Judge Bernar ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – In February, Riverside Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz rejected the defense and ACLU’s arguments that the Racial Justice Act and a history ...

April 10, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks West Virginia Attempt to Deny 12-Year-Old Transgender Girl from Playing Sports in Middle School

Posted by Kaylee Pearlman
|Date: April 08, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks West Virginia Attempt to Deny 12-Year-Old Transgender Girl from Playing Sports in Middle School

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - West Virginia Attorney General’s attempt “to block a 12-year-old gir ...

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - West Virginia Attorney General’s attempt “to block a 12-year-old girl from continuing to participate in school sports with her peers” failed this week when the U.S ...

April 08, 2023
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ACLU of Texas Appeals Convictions of Three People Protesting Confederate Statue Outside Courthouse

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: April 05, 2023
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ACLU of Texas Appeals Convictions of Three People Protesting Confederate Statue Outside Courthouse

By Leslie Acevedo GAINESVILLE, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the American Civil Liber ...

By Leslie Acevedo GAINESVILLE, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Deandra Grant filed an opening brief in an appeal on behalf of three Gainesvill ...

April 05, 2023
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Detained Individuals Forced to Pause Hunger Strike

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|Date: April 02, 2023
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Detained Individuals Forced to Pause Hunger Strike

Special to the Vanguard BAKERSFIELD AND MCFARLAND, CA. – People detained at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing ...

Special to the Vanguard BAKERSFIELD AND MCFARLAND, CA. – People detained at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield and the Golden State Annex in McFarland have put a pause on a month-long ...

April 02, 2023
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