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Sep 15, 2021

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity: Why the U.S. Should Keep its Promise to Diversity Visa Winners

Update 9/14/2021: This week, the House Judiciary Committee will begin markup of immigration provisions in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. As of Monday morning, the language restores...

By aclutn

Update 9/14/2021: This week, the House Judiciary Committee will begin markup of immigration provisions in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. As of Monday morning, the language restores...

By aclutn
Sep 11, 2021

20 Years After 9/11, We Have a Roadmap Toward a More Just and Equitable Future

In the early days after 9/11, I hoped desperately — alongside so many others around the country and the world — that our government would make wise choices, that it would meet violence with justice,...

By aclutn

In the early days after 9/11, I hoped desperately — alongside so many others around the country and the world — that our government would make wise choices, that it would meet violence with justice,...

By aclutn
Sep 11, 2021

Drug Treatment is Infrastructure

COVID-19 was not the only deadly public health crisis of the past year and a half. The overdose epidemic...

By aclutn

COVID-19 was not the only deadly public health crisis of the past year and a half. The overdose epidemic...

By aclutn
Sep 11, 2021

A Conversation with Survivors of the CIA’s Post 9/11 Torture Program

In 2015, the ACLU sued psychologists James Elmer Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen,...

By aclutn

In 2015, the ACLU sued psychologists James Elmer Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen,...

By aclutn
Sep 10, 2021

The Watchlisting System Exemplifies the Government’s Post-9/11 Embrace of Biased Profiling

As a Harvard graduate student and mother of three children, Zainab Merchant was accustomed to traveling frequently from her home in Orlando to Boston for her studies. In 2016, that all changed.

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By aclutn

As a Harvard graduate student and mother of three children, Zainab Merchant was accustomed to traveling frequently from her home in Orlando to Boston for her studies. In 2016, that all changed.

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By aclutn
Sep 8, 2021

10 Things to Know about Combating Violence in America

“With violent crime on the rise, we must invest in more police.” You’ve probably heard this recently from the media, elected officials, and some people directly impacted by gun violence. The pain of...

By aclutn

“With violent crime on the rise, we must invest in more police.” You’ve probably heard this recently from the media, elected officials, and some people directly impacted by gun violence. The pain of...

By aclutn