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American Civil Liberties Union

criminal justice reform

Ready for Groundbreaking Bipartisan Shifts in Criminal Justice Reform

By Erin Rubin | November 15, 2018

Even while the system seemed immobile or retrograde, the criminal justice reform movement has been steadily building local programs. Now, as the opportunity for reform opens back up at the federal level, a robust infrastructure is in place to speed implementation.

movement organizing

With Amnesty International, Teen Vogue Addresses Youth Rights to Protest

By Anne Eigeman | October 15, 2018

As part of an ongoing series called “Civil Discourse 101,” Teen Vogue has joined with Amnesty International USA to provide a valuable platform for questions from American teenagers about contemporary issues.

American Civil Liberties Union

No Nonprofit Is above the Political Fray

By Anna Berry | September 7, 2018

ACLU staffers question the decision to defend the NRA in a New York lawsuit, prompting renewed reflection on the organization’s role in a post-Trump activist landscape.

bail bonds

California Moves to End Cash Bail, But New System May Create New Problems

By Steve Dubb | August 23, 2018

It’s not every day when the ACLU and the bail bond industry are on the same side, but, even as California moves to abolish bail, the way it is doing so leaves bail abolition advocates aghast.

treatment of refugees

ACLU Report Cites Mistreatment of Minors by Border Patrols during Obama Years

By Carole Levine | May 29, 2018

An ACLU study of migrant children arriving to the US during the Obama years reveals a disturbing pattern of abuse and neglect by US customs officials, including physical abuse in more than one in four cases.

pollution

EPA Dismisses Black Belt Citizens’ Environmental Justice Claim

By Steve Dubb | March 12, 2018

In yet another sign of environmental retrenchment, the US environmental protection agency claims there is “no causal connection” between a 4-million-ton coal dump and the ill health suffered by the mostly Black citizens of the small community of Uniontown, Alabama.

student protests

ACLU Educates Students on Civil Rights in Preparation for National Gun Protests

By Erin Rubin | March 12, 2018

As youths across the US demonstrate their determination to be a part of the civic conversation, civil rights groups like the ACLU are stepping in where schools have left gaps to educate students about their rights in a protest environment.

Nonprofit News

ACLU Reverses Prison Bans on “The New Jim Crow”

By Erin Rubin | January 26, 2018

Upon learning that a seminal book explaining the racist underpinnings of America’s criminal justice system was banned from prisons, the ACLU took immediate action to get it reinstated.

American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU Sundance Entries Expose the Human Costs of Mass Incarceration

By Jim Schaffer | January 22, 2018

On Saturday, the ACLU premiered their own entry at the Sundance Film Festival, a set of three animated shorts on mass incarceration.

American Civil Liberties Union

With Rage Donations in Hand, ACLU Enters the Political Fray

By Larry Kaplan | January 9, 2018

The fruits of its labor via rage fundraising in 2017 give the national civil liberties organization the firepower it needs to help lead the resistance to Trumpism in 2018.

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