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Jun 8, 2023

The Fight Against Gerrymandering in Mississippi

Today’s Supreme Court decision affirmed the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits states from packing or cracking Black communities in a way that limits their ability to elect candidates of their choice. This...
By Jarvis Dortch, Executive Director
Today’s Supreme Court decision affirmed the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits states from packing or cracking Black communities in a way that limits their ability to elect candidates of their choice. This...
By Jarvis Dortch, Executive Director
MS Capitol with Yellow Circle and Blue Background
MS Capitol with Yellow Circle and Blue Background
May 12, 2023

Why Indigenous Students Are Fighting to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation

To wear tribal regalia is to reclaim Indigenous identity and honor ancestors who could not do the same.
To wear tribal regalia is to reclaim Indigenous identity and honor ancestors who could not do the same.
Isabella Blu Aiukli Cornell and Sarah Adams-Cornell.
Isabella Blu Aiukli Cornell and Sarah Adams-Cornell.
Mar 31, 2023

How the ACLU is Showing Up For Abortion Access Nationwide

We are working with our partners in states across the country to defend reproductive freedom.
We are working with our partners in states across the country to defend reproductive freedom.
ACLU supporters marching at a reproductive rights rally.
ACLU supporters marching at a reproductive rights rally.
Feb 16, 2023

Author George Johnson on Writing Black, Queer — and Banned — Stories

We talked to the author of one of the most banned books in the country about the unique power of books and why Black queer voices are so threatening to those trying to silence them.
We talked to the author of one of the most banned books in the country about the unique power of books and why Black queer voices are so threatening to those trying to silence them.
Author George M. Johnson.
Author George M. Johnson.
Feb 1, 2023

Making Black History, Building Black Futures

The battle for civil rights continues to this day. Here are some of the Black leaders who laid the groundwork — and those carrying the fight for true equality into the future.
The battle for civil rights continues to this day. Here are some of the Black leaders who laid the groundwork — and those carrying the fight for true equality into the future.
Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are...
Autherine Lucy, left, front, 26-year-old student at the University of Alabama, arrives at U.S. District Court for the hearing of her petition for an order requiring the school to re-admit her to classes in Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29, 1956. With Lucy are...
Nov 29, 2022

Lessons Learned from Our Classroom Censorship Win Against Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act

Here’s what the judge’s order could mean for challenges to censorship efforts nationwide.
Here’s what the judge’s order could mean for challenges to censorship efforts nationwide.
In the foreground (at an intersection,) two protesters carry signs with one reading "EDUCATION WITHOUT LIMITATION" and the other "TEACH US THE TRUTH", while in the background, other student demonstrators line an overpass protesting a proposal to...
In the foreground (at an intersection,) two protesters carry signs with one reading "EDUCATION WITHOUT LIMITATION" and the other "TEACH US THE TRUTH", while in the background, other student demonstrators line an overpass protesting a proposal to...