News & Commentary
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
Aug 18, 2014
Ferguson is Everytown, U.S.A.
By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program at 5:07pm
Jul 25, 2014
Continuing the Conversation After Arizona's Execution
By Alison Steiner, President, ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors
Jun 04, 2014
In the Shadow of Freedom Summer
I was born in November 1965, a little over a year after my next oldest sister, Bettye. She was born in the middle of Freedom Summer. We grew up with our older siblings in Meridian, MS. 2505 ½ Fifth Street, within walking distance of our parents’ house, was the home of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) office opened by Michael Schwerner. The COFO office was the headquarters of the Freedom Summer operation in Lauderdale County.
May 09, 2014
What Happened to Protect and Serve?
By Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director and Charles B. Irvin, Legal Director
Apr 16, 2014
Here We Go Again
As I watched Spies of Mississippi by Dawn Porter, I am struck by that odd feeling of déjà vu. While the focus of the documentary is the Sovereignty Commission, it plumbs truer to capturing the modus operandi of a powerful segment of Mississippi: when confronted with uncomfortable cultural issues of the day (any day), the Mississippi legislature comes through with legislation that puts us on the wrong side of history.
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