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Nov 16, 2017

Georgia Is Fighting to Keep Its Laws Secret — Unless You Pay

Georgia sued a non-profit for publishing the state's law online. But knowing the law is a right, not a privilege.

For more than three decades, the state of Georgia has charged anyone who wants...

By aclutn

Georgia sued a non-profit for publishing the state's law online. But knowing the law is a right, not a privilege.

For more than three decades, the state of Georgia has charged anyone who wants...

By aclutn
Nov 15, 2017

North Carolina Is Trying to Destroy the State’s Only Farmworkers Union. We’re Suing.

North Carolina passed a law making it all but impossible for the state’s only farmworkers union to operate effectively.

Dolores Huerta, the legendary civil rights icon and farmworker activist, had it...

By aclutn

North Carolina passed a law making it all but impossible for the state’s only farmworkers union to operate effectively.

Dolores Huerta, the legendary civil rights icon and farmworker activist, had it...

By aclutn
Nov 14, 2017

An Arkansas Town Agrees to Criminal Justice Reform to Ensure That the Poor Are Not Jailed

The city of Sherwood agrees to stop jailing people for debts they are too poor to pay.

For years, the city of Sherwood, Arkansas, home to about 30,000 people, had a practice of jailing people who...

By aclutn

The city of Sherwood agrees to stop jailing people for debts they are too poor to pay.

For years, the city of Sherwood, Arkansas, home to about 30,000 people, had a practice of jailing people who...

By aclutn
Nov 14, 2017

At Guantánamo, a Death Penalty Case Without a Death Penalty Lawyer

The broken military commissions have devolved, with new and unprecedented attacks on defense counsel.

The Guantánamo military commissions, the scheme created by the government to...

By aclutn

The broken military commissions have devolved, with new and unprecedented attacks on defense counsel.

The Guantánamo military commissions, the scheme created by the government to...

By aclutn
Nov 13, 2017

Transgender Prisoners Face Sexual Assault and Discrimination at Pittsburgh Jail

Jules Williams was raped repeatedly for four days after guards put her in “protective” custody.

Prison is a traumatic experience. For transgender women, it’s magnitudes worse....

By aclutn

Jules Williams was raped repeatedly for four days after guards put her in “protective” custody.

Prison is a traumatic experience. For transgender women, it’s magnitudes worse....

By aclutn
Nov 13, 2017

The Trump White House’s Actions Recall the Most Divisive Eras of the American Past

But last week’s elections show people are waking up to the administration’s threats to liberty and equality.

One of the most striking, and dispiriting, aspects of the actions and...

By aclutn

But last week’s elections show people are waking up to the administration’s threats to liberty and equality.

One of the most striking, and dispiriting, aspects of the actions and...

By aclutn