abortion laws
Crowds of Young Women Protest Abortion Bans on National Day of Action
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Hundreds of rallies across the country voiced support for preserving and expanding women’s access to reproductive health care.
criminal justice reform
Ready for Groundbreaking Bipartisan Shifts in Criminal Justice Reform
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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On Saturday, the ACLU premiered their own entry at the Sundance Film Festival, a set of three animated shorts on mass incarceration.