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Civil Rights Advocates React to Senate Passage of Lombardo Crime Bill
Let People Vote: Our Fight for Your Right to Vote During 2020
2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways; a pandemic during a presidential election being one of them. Not unique to 2020, however, is politicians’ and states’ systematic efforts to suppress voting and disenfranchise Americans.
An Indigenous Woman Made it to Safety in the U.S. DHS Won’t Let it Go.
The months she spent in Matamoros were a nightmare. Temperatures oscillated between blazing heat during the day and frigid cold at night. One of those nights, she and her daughter huddled in their tent as the sound of a gun battle between police and a local drug cartel echoed through the streets.
Why Are Police the Wrong Response to Mental Health Crises?
Over the last months on our podcast, At Liberty, we’ve explored different conversations on the subject of policing: abolition, violence and accountability, protest, and activism. This week, we dug into a topic that has gained more attention in the wake of Daniel Prude’s death in March at the hands of the Rochester Police Department: the startling connection between mental health-related 911 calls and police brutality.
The Trump Administration is Banning Talk about Race and Gender
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.
At the Polls, Episode 4: What Does it Take to Get Younger Voters to the Polls?
The younger you are, the less likely you are to vote. At least, that’s been the enduring trend in American politics for decades. But that trend is beginning to shift — today’s young voters are more engaged than ever before
The Law That Sent a Man to Prison for Life for Stealing a Pair of Hedge Clippers – and What Prosecutors Can do About It
Habitual offender statutes, known in some states as “three strikes” laws, are a relic of failed “tough on crime” policies that have had devastating consequences for families and communities across the country.
NDOC needs to stop raiding inmate accounts
This editorial was first published in the Nevada Current.
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At the Polls, Episode 3: The Role of the Courts in Election 2020
Election Day is fast approaching, and while we’re doing everything we can to prepare, some questions remain unanswered. Dale Ho, director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, and University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman join the At the Polls podcast this week to discuss litigation across the country that could impact who gets to vote and how.
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