From holding police accountable to defending voting rights, 2024 was a busy year! Here's a quick look at how we showed up to defend civil rights in Mississippi this year, and a sneak peek at how we plan to continue the fight in 2025.
The Roe Draft Signals a Potential New Front in the Already-Raging War Against the LGBTQ Community
LGBTQ Rights
This isn’t a “they’re coming for us next” moment. They’ve already come for us, and the fight of our lives is here.
This isn’t a “they’re coming for us next” moment. They’ve already come for us, and the fight of our lives is here.
May 4, 2022
SCOTUS Scenarios That Will Devastate Abortion Access
Reproductive Freedom
Essentially, Alito says that since there was not a common law right to abortion before the drafting of the Constitution, and there is not one word-for-word laid out in the Constitution, women do not have a...
Essentially, Alito says that since there was not a common law right to abortion before the drafting of the Constitution, and there is not one word-for-word laid out in the Constitution, women do not have a...
Apr 26, 2022
Mississippi Voters Are Fighting for Fair Representation on the State’s Highest Court
Voting Rights
Mississippi’s population is almost 40 percent Black — a greater proportion than any other state in the nation. Yet in the entire history of Mississippi, there have been a total of only four Black justices...
By Ari Savitzky, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Voting Rights Project, Jarvis Dortch, Executive Director
Mississippi’s population is almost 40 percent Black — a greater proportion than any other state in the nation. Yet in the entire history of Mississippi, there have been a total of only four Black justices...
By Ari Savitzky, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Voting Rights Project, Jarvis Dortch, Executive Director
Mar 10, 2022
Defending Our Right to Learn
Freedom of Speech
What you need to know about the new string of classroom censorship and book ban attacks impacting students and teachers across the country.
What you need to know about the new string of classroom censorship and book ban attacks impacting students and teachers across the country.
Mar 7, 2022
The White House Can Do More to Expand Voting Access
Voting Rights
Biden has made progress implementing his executive order to promoting voting access, but more work is needed.
Biden has made progress implementing his executive order to promoting voting access, but more work is needed.
Feb 11, 2022
Mississippi Voters Deserve Transparency
Voting Rights
The Mississippi Legislature is currently engaged in redistricting, once-a-decade work to redraw state legislative and congressional maps. Redistricting can be done fairly, so that all...
By Joshua Tom, Legal Director
The Mississippi Legislature is currently engaged in redistricting, once-a-decade work to redraw state legislative and congressional maps. Redistricting can be done fairly, so that all...