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May 20, 2015

Reality vs. Rhetoric

Criminal Justice Reform

The deaths of the fallen Hattiesburg police officers were unequivocally unnecessary loss of valuable and valued lives.  No young man should have his life taken as the result of a violent and vengeful act.  ...

The deaths of the fallen Hattiesburg police officers were unequivocally unnecessary loss of valuable and valued lives.  No young man should have his life taken as the result of a violent and vengeful act.  ...

May 8, 2015

Why Are We Still Asking if a Dying Woman Should Be Able to Get an Abortion to Save Her Life?

Equality & Equity of Access

By Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project

A recent analysis of abortion attitudes by ...

By Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project

A recent analysis of abortion attitudes by ...

Apr 24, 2015

Why I Am Afraid of the Bathroom

By Carl Charles, Skadden Fellow, ACLU LGBT Project

As a transgender person, I don’t take small things for granted. I appreciate the store clerk who calls me “sir,” my colleagues who...

By Carl Charles, Skadden Fellow, ACLU LGBT Project

As a transgender person, I don’t take small things for granted. I appreciate the store clerk who calls me “sir,” my colleagues who...

Apr 22, 2015

The Sun Must Go Down on the Patriot Act

By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director

This piece originally appeared at ...

By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director

This piece originally appeared at ...

Mar 31, 2015

Update: Bills Dead or Alive - March 30th Deadline

Monday, March 30th was the deadline for conference reports to be filed or the bills will die. The conference report must be adopted by April 2nd. The Governor may sign bills into law or veto them throughout...

Monday, March 30th was the deadline for conference reports to be filed or the bills will die. The conference report must be adopted by April 2nd. The Governor may sign bills into law or veto them throughout...