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Published on March 2, 2019 - 05:14 GMT

A Connecticut Bill Would Help Ensure That Re-Entry Doesn’t Last a Lifetime for the Formerly Incarcerated

This year, I moved from one city in Connecticut to a new one. On top of the usual stress of trying to find an affordable, comfortable place to live, I was burdened with extra anxiety. Despite my success in the 12 years since being released from prison, I …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 27, 2019 - 23:25 GMT

North Carolinians Voted to End Cooperation With Trump’s Deportation Force. ICE Retaliated.

President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security frequently claims to be motivated by a dedication to law and order, but its immigration enforcement tactics are often directly contrary to local communities’ legal and electoral choices. Recent raids by U.S …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 27, 2019 - 16:26 GMT

It’s Time to Make Sure Our Kids Are No Longer Bound, Shackled, or Locked Away When They’re at School

In 1998, teachers in West Virginia strapped a 4-year-old autistic girl with cerebral palsy to a wooden chair. Why? She was being “uncooperative” because she needed to use the bathroom. The girl suffered bruises and was later diagnosed with post-traumatic …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 27, 2019 - 03:21 GMT

Texas Is Planning an Execution Based on Fraudulent Testimony

Billy Wayne Coble was convicted of a Texas triple homicide in 1989. On Thursday, he is scheduled for execution. A former ACLU client, Coble’s story was not a happy one before he found himself on death row. He was a Vietnam veteran who had been raised by a …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 27, 2019 - 03:21 GMT

What Does Alabama’s Attorney General Have to Hide in the Police Killing of EJ Bradford?

In Alabama, a family is still grieving after local police killed their son on Thanksgiving night after a gunman opened fire at a mall. But several months after the incident, the Alabama attorney general is still keeping the Bradfords, and the region’s …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 27, 2019 - 03:20 GMT

Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests From Ruining People’s Lives

Three years ago on New Year’s Eve, Dasha Fincher was arrested in Monroe County, Georgia, after the deputies performed an on-the-spot test of a bag of blue substance that they found in the car in which she was a passenger. The suspicious stuff in the bag …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 26, 2019 - 16:15 GMT

In an Era of Religious Refusals, the Do No Harm Act Is an Essential Safeguard

Earlier this year, the Trump administration granted a request from the state of South Carolina for an exception to a federal rule barring discrimination in federally funded child welfare programs. With its action, the administration allowed government- …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 25, 2019 - 23:22 GMT

The Supreme Court Rightly Cited the Black Codes in Ruling Against Excessive Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Timbs v. Indiana, holding for the first time that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to state and local governments — not just federal authorities. The fact that this …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 22, 2019 - 23:30 GMT

Laws Suppressing Boycotts of Israel Don’t Prevent Discrimination — They Violate Civil Liberties

A number of states recently passed laws that require state contractors — including teachers, lawyers, newspapers and journalists, and even students who want to judge high school debate tournaments — to certify that they are not participating in politically …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 22, 2019 - 16:24 GMT

I Moved to Colorado for Freedom as a Transgender Man. Instead, I Found Discrimination.

This piece was originally published in The Denver Post. When I was a kid, my mom gave me Barbies, but I preferred to play with G.I. Joes. By high school, I was dressing in my brothers’ clothes. At Georgia State University, I first heard the word to name …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 21, 2019 - 15:34 GMT

The Government Cannot Force E-mail Companies to Copy and Save Your Account ‘Just in Case’

Paper letters have a final resting stop — whomever they are addressed to. From a practical standpoint, and a legal one, that feature of regular mail made understanding and applying privacy protections relatively straightforward. But as our communication …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 21, 2019 - 14:44 GMT

Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Declaration Is Illegal

This was originally published by USA Today. President Donald Trump declared a "national emergency" on Friday to pay for his border wall. In doing so, he's violating the law, subverting the Constitution and hurting American communities. That…

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 21, 2019 - 14:44 GMT

A Supreme Court Milestone for Students’ Free Speech Rights

This month marks 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling that cemented students’ rights to free speech in public schools, Tinker v. Des Moines. We’re inspired to see that students still take advantage of their First Amendment rights and speak out …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 19, 2019 - 23:53 GMT

A Wisconsin School District Shrugged After High School Coaches Body-Shamed Cheerleaders

The cheerleaders at Tremper High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, looked forward to the annual spring banquet as a time to celebrate their hard work in the company of over 100 friends and family members. What they never expected was for the banquet to become …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 23:22 GMT

There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal

After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congress, President Trump has finally declared a national emergency to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on his border wall obsession. In response, the ACLU will file a …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 13:55 GMT

Voters Can’t Elect the Right Prosecutors if These Elected Officials’ Records Aren’t Made Public

America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccountable power. They have the authority to reinforce mass incarceration and racial disparities in the criminal legal system or combat these injustices. Across the country, voters …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 13:55 GMT

Betsy DeVos Is Pushing a Terrible Double Standard on College Campuses

Blackstone's Lo... The first principal of the ACLU must be protection of the innocent. This means forcing the state (or the school) to prove its case. This means accusers confront the accused, even if that is uncomfortable for the accuser. The ACLU has …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 13:55 GMT

Border Patrol Detained Me for Speaking Spanish in Montana. Then My Town Turned Against Me.

I moved to Havre, Montana — near the U.S.-Canada border — in 2014 with my husband and our two young children. Home to around 10,000 people, I’ve always found Havre to be a friendly town, one where I felt good about raising my kids. But that all changed …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 13:55 GMT

Trump Administration Is Illegally Forcing Asylum Seekers Out of the United States

Last September, Bianca* was forced to flee Honduras because her partner’s father threatened to kill her for being a lesbian. Bianca could not go to the police in Honduras because they do not protect LGBTQ people from harm. So she left home to save her life …

Distribution channels: Religion
Published on February 15, 2019 - 13:54 GMT

New Hampshire Is Trying to Stop College Students From Registering to Vote

Growing up, my parents taught me that voting is not only a right, but a privilege. They voted in every local, midterm, and presidential election, and every time they did so they were sure to show me their “I voted” sticker. As I grew older, they discussed …

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