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Civil Rights Groups Grow Tired of the South Carolina Redistricting Failures, File Lawsuit

Posted by Mary MaganaAyala
|Date: October 15, 2021
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Civil Rights Groups Grow Tired of the South Carolina Redistricting Failures, File Lawsuit

By Mary Magana-Ayala COLUMBIA, S.C.– Two civil rights groups, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties ...

By Mary Magana-Ayala COLUMBIA, S.C.– Two civil rights groups, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, have filed a lawsuit against the state of South Carolina, arguing the state has unjustif ...

October 15, 2021
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PA Voters, ACLU Fight Back State Senate Republicans’ Subpoena to Obtain Private Information

Posted by Julia Urquizo
|Date: October 10, 2021
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PA Voters, ACLU Fight Back State Senate Republicans’ Subpoena to Obtain Private Information

By Julia Urquizo HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans have filed a subpoena to access r ...

By Julia Urquizo HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans have filed a subpoena to access registered voters’ private information - the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee speci ...

October 10, 2021
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Unconstitutional Intimidation by Orleans Parish District Attorney Ends In Historic Settlement

Posted by Jake Wylie
|Date: October 08, 2021
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Unconstitutional Intimidation by Orleans Parish District Attorney Ends In Historic Settlement

By Jake Wylie NEW ORLEANS, LA - Years of illegal coercion ended this week, the American Civil Liberties U ...

By Jake Wylie NEW ORLEANS, LA - Years of illegal coercion ended this week, the American Civil Liberties Union reported, with a landmark settlement between plaintiffs and the Orleans Parish District At ...

October 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics as Evidence in a Murder Trial; That’s Racial Bias

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|Date: October 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics as Evidence in a Murder Trial; That’s Racial Bias

By Chessie Thacher Rap lyrics are protected free speech under the First Amendment. But all too often in t ...

By Chessie Thacher Rap lyrics are protected free speech under the First Amendment. But all too often in trial after trial of Black men, prosecutors introduce this form of artistic expression to secure ...

October 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, but Where Is the Will?

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|Date: September 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, but Where Is the Will?

Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COV ...

Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COVID-19. By Milo Inglehart Research shows that reductions in the United States incarceration rate ...

September 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Addressing Racialized Violence Against Migrants Requires a Complete Overhaul of Customs and Border Protection

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|Date: September 25, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Addressing Racialized Violence Against Migrants Requires a Complete Overhaul of Customs and Border Protection

Absent deep reforms, Border Patrol’s long history of racist, violent abuse means inhumanity like that dis ...

Absent deep reforms, Border Patrol’s long history of racist, violent abuse means inhumanity like that displayed in Del Rio, Texas will continue to repeat itself. By Shaw Drake and Kate Huddleston The ...

September 25, 2021
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Joins Call to Shut Down ICE Detention Centers

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|Date: September 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Joins Call to Shut Down ICE Detention Centers

By Isra Chaker When President Joe Biden came into office, he promised to end the cruelty and inhumanity o ...

By Isra Chaker When President Joe Biden came into office, he promised to end the cruelty and inhumanity of President Trump’s immigration policies. While the Biden administration has halted some of the ...

September 24, 2021
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Hundreds of COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at Broward County Jail; Federal Court Approves Class Action Settlement

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: September 22, 2021
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Hundreds of COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at Broward County Jail; Federal Court Approves Class Action Settlement

By Ankita Joshi BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Broward County Jail has been under fire for placing incarcerated peo ...

By Ankita Joshi BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Broward County Jail has been under fire for placing incarcerated people in dangerous situations that expose them to the rapid spread of COVID-19 - hundreds of COVI ...

September 22, 2021
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In Full Page Ad, Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden Administration to Provide Relief to Thousands of At-Risk Home Confined

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: September 21, 2021
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In Full Page Ad, Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden Administration to Provide Relief to Thousands of At-Risk Home Confined

By Ramneet Singh WASHINGTON D.C. – In a full page advertisement in the Washington Post, Color of Change a ...

By Ramneet Singh WASHINGTON D.C. – In a full page advertisement in the Washington Post, Color of Change and the ACLU demanded greater leniency from the Biden Administration for home confined inmates a ...

September 21, 2021
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Groups Call on AG to Investigate Excessive Force by Riverside Sheriff’s Department

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|Date: September 19, 2021
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Groups Call on AG to Investigate Excessive Force by Riverside Sheriff’s Department

By the Vanguard Staff Riverside, CA - Groups believe, “It’s time for the attorney general of California t ...

By the Vanguard Staff Riverside, CA - Groups believe, “It’s time for the attorney general of California to investigate the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RSD) for its racist policing practices ...

September 19, 2021
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ACLU Files Suit in Pittsburg, CA, Alleging Black, English Learners and Disabled Students Denied Constitutional Right to Public Education

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|Date: September 14, 2021
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ACLU Files Suit in Pittsburg, CA, Alleging Black, English Learners and Disabled Students Denied Constitutional Right to Public Education

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco - The State of California and Pittsburg Unified School District have main ...

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco - The State of California and Pittsburg Unified School District have maintained a separate, unequal, and illegal educational system where Black students, children of co ...

September 14, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Watchlisting System Exemplifies the Government’s Post-9/11 Embrace of Biased Profiling

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|Date: September 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Watchlisting System Exemplifies the Government’s Post-9/11 Embrace of Biased Profiling

The system is an affront to the Constitution and the values we claim to hold dear. By Hugh Handeyside As ...

The system is an affront to the Constitution and the values we claim to hold dear. By Hugh Handeyside As a Harvard graduate student and mother of three children, Zainab Merchant was accustomed to trav ...

September 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: 10 Things to Know about Combating Violence in America

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|Date: September 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: 10 Things to Know about Combating Violence in America

As communities grapple with violent crime, calls for more police have increased. Here's why policing isn' ...

As communities grapple with violent crime, calls for more police have increased. Here's why policing isn't the solution to violence, and some viable alternatives. By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Penderg ...

September 08, 2021
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Calling It An Extremist Anti-Voter Bill – Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Texas Law

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|Date: September 05, 2021
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Calling It An Extremist Anti-Voter Bill – Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Texas Law

By Vanguard Staff Austin-Texas – This week after lawmakers in Texas finally passed anti-voter SB 1, a coa ...

By Vanguard Staff Austin-Texas – This week after lawmakers in Texas finally passed anti-voter SB 1, a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit. “SB1 is a discriminatory law that creates ...

September 05, 2021
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Believes Vaccine Mandates Do Not Violate Civil Liberties

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|Date: September 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Believes Vaccine Mandates Do Not Violate Civil Liberties

By David Cole and Daniel Mach Do vaccine mandates violate civil liberties? Some who have refused vaccinat ...

By David Cole and Daniel Mach Do vaccine mandates violate civil liberties? Some who have refused vaccination claim as much. We disagree. At the ACLU, we are not shy about defending civil liberties, ev ...

September 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Remain-in-Mexico Policy is Illegal and Unspeakably Cruel

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|Date: August 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Remain-in-Mexico Policy is Illegal and Unspeakably Cruel

By Omar Jadwat After a whirlwind of court actions this month, the Biden administration will be forced to ...

By Omar Jadwat After a whirlwind of court actions this month, the Biden administration will be forced to restart a Trump-era border policy that trapped tens of thousands of people seeking asylum in da ...

August 28, 2021
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California’s ‘Incompetent to Stand Trial’ Masses Must be Given Due Process, Treatment After CA Supreme Court Action

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|Date: August 26, 2021
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California’s ‘Incompetent to Stand Trial’ Masses Must be Given Due Process, Treatment After CA Supreme Court Action

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Thousands of people jammed into California’s county jails every ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Thousands of people jammed into California’s county jails every year because courts have declared them “incompetent” to stand trial—but yet are not provided h ...

August 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Stories of Abuses in Prisons

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|Date: August 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Stories of Abuses in Prisons

By Cameron Washington The stories of incarcerated individuals make it clear that jails and prisons are in ...

By Cameron Washington The stories of incarcerated individuals make it clear that jails and prisons are incapable of acknowledging the civil and human rights of their populations because they are syste ...

August 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security

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|Date: August 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security

By Nicole A. Ozer and Jay Stanley If you’ve been to a restaurant lately and scanned a QR code rather than ...

By Nicole A. Ozer and Jay Stanley If you’ve been to a restaurant lately and scanned a QR code rather than order from a physical menu, you likely paid for that meal with not just your money, but your p ...

August 10, 2021
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Kimberlé Crenshaw on History and Contradictions of Critical Race Theory and Its Backlash

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: August 09, 2021
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Kimberlé Crenshaw on History and Contradictions of Critical Race Theory and Its Backlash

By Ramneet Singh NEW YORK, NY – Last Friday’s ACLU “At Liberty” podcast, Kimberlé Crenshaw discuss ...

By Ramneet Singh NEW YORK, NY – Last Friday’s ACLU “At Liberty” podcast, Kimberlé Crenshaw discussed the definition and context of Critical Race Theory against recent misinformation; she advoca ...

August 09, 2021
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