News & Commentary
Dec 02, 2014
An MRAP Is Not a Blanket
By Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for JusticeThis August, Americans watched in horror as the police descended on peaceful protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, as though they were going into battle. In May, a toddler named Bou Bou Phonesavanh had his chest ripped open and his face torn off by a flashbang grenade that police officers in Georgia threw into his crib during a paramilitary raid. Though these incidents shocked many Americans, police militarization isn't new. The American siege on communities of color has been going on for a very long time.
Nov 06, 2014
Stand With Us Against Proposed Initiative 46
A group in Mississippi is proposing a ballot initiative that could discriminate against Mississippians with different religious beliefs as well as racial and ethnic minorities.
Oct 06, 2014
Questioning the "No-Refusal" Checkpoint
By Andres Wallace, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Mississippi
Oct 02, 2014
New Alabama Law Puts Teens Who Need Abortions on Trial. That's Dangerous and Cruel.
By Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project
Sep 24, 2014
Three Years in a Cage. No Charges and No Lawyer.
By Brandon Buskey, ACLU Criminal Law Reform ProjectOctavious Burks has been waiting for 10 months.
Aug 22, 2014
Mothers and Children Fleeing Violence Need a Fair Chance
By Mitra Ebadolahi, Border Litigation Staff Attorney, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties at 1:05pm
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