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Latest Blog Posts
Election Denialism Lost in Key Midterm Races, but the Fight is Far From Over
Mississippi’s reproductive healthcare is a health risk
An overwhelming majority of Mississippians agree that the current state legislature is failing to invest in the well-being of women and children. Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v....
Latest Press Releases
ACLU-MS Statement on HB 1020
HB 1020 is a move to take voting power, political power, and tax revenue away from the majority Black citizens of Jackson.
ACLU-MS Statement on HB 1125
Everyone, no matter their age, deserves to live as their authentic selves. Legislation like House Bill 1125 is an attempt to criminalize parents and healthcare providers for supporting Mississippi youth...
Civil Rights Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Over Mississippi’s Racially Gerrymandered Maps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates today challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians....
LGBTQ Justice Project
For a list of outrageous reasons, legal representation is often difficult for LGBTQ Mississippians to obtain. It is our goal to equip law offices statewide with tools that will cater to this oftentimes vulnerable community.
In the courts
Parents for Public Schools v. Mississippi Dept. of Finance and Administration
The suit, filed in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, argues that the Mississippi Legislature violated Section 208 of the State Constitution by appropriating $10 million to private schools. The State Constitution requires that taxpayer money must be spent only on public “free schools.”
