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To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, the ACLU is launching a campaign to expose the lobbying power of police.

George Floyd was a father, a brother, and a son. He loved spending time with his family and friends, who have said his smile would light up a room. He should still be alive today. To truly honor his memory, Nevada must get serious about racial justice and ending police violence.

After a hearing on March 31, the Nevada Assembly voted to pass Assembly Bill 395 to the Senate. This historic piece of legislation seeks to eliminate the death penalty in Nevada and convert all existing death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The ACLU of Nevada held virtual community conversations to discuss anti-AAPI hate and what we can do about it.

Two-thirds of Las Vegas traffic warrants go to Black and Brown people.

No-knock warrants are a staple of the failed war on drugs. They allow officers to enter homes without announcing themselves and turn communities of color into warzones. These needless encounters often end with loss of life or substantial bodily injury.

When President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris take office, their administration must make racial justice a top priority.

by Lucia Tian, ACLU Chief Analytics Officer and Ben Fifield, ACLU Data Scientist

President Trump’s executive order unconstitutionally requires every single individual or company with a federal contract to certify that they won’t provide trainings on so-called “divisive concepts,” even on the contractor’s own time and dime.