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Sep 14, 2018

Off-Duty Cop Tasing an 11-Year-Old Should Provoke a Clear Wakeup Call for Police Reform

The brutal use of force against an 11-year-old Cincinnati girl reveals how desperately we need to stop police brutality.

How young is too young for a person to be tased? In Cincinnati, the answer...

By aclutn

The brutal use of force against an 11-year-old Cincinnati girl reveals how desperately we need to stop police brutality.

How young is too young for a person to be tased? In Cincinnati, the answer...

By aclutn

Sep 14, 2018

Trump’s New Attack on Immigrant Children

The government has proposed new regulations which are a roadmap for keeping immigrant children and families locked up indefinitely.

Last Thursday, two federal agencies announced...

By aclutn

The government has proposed new regulations which are a roadmap for keeping immigrant children and families locked up indefinitely.

Last Thursday, two federal agencies announced...

By aclutn

Sep 14, 2018

‘Attica Is Every Prison; and Every Prison Is Attica’

Forty-seven years later, the uprising that shocked the world continues through the demands of prisoners for human rights.

On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New...

By aclutn

Forty-seven years later, the uprising that shocked the world continues through the demands of prisoners for human rights.

On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New...

By aclutn

Sep 13, 2018

A Second Chance for Separated Families

The Trump administration agrees to allow separated families to apply for asylum under proper procedures.

The fight over the asylum rights of families who had been separated by the Trump...

By aclutn

The Trump administration agrees to allow separated families to apply for asylum under proper procedures.

The fight over the asylum rights of families who had been separated by the Trump...

By aclutn

Sep 13, 2018

A Smith College Employee Called the Police on Me for Eating Lunch While Black

A student opens up about experiencing racial profiling at Smith College and what she expects Smith to do to address it.

Enrolling in Smith College a year ago was a dream come true. But rarely has a...

By aclutn

A student opens up about experiencing racial profiling at Smith College and what she expects Smith to do to address it.

Enrolling in Smith College a year ago was a dream come true. But rarely has a...

By aclutn

Sep 12, 2018

It’s Time to Close a Loophole in the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Rule

State and federal prosecutors should not be permitted to prosecute someone twice for the same offense.

The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment states that no one can be tried more than...

By aclutn

State and federal prosecutors should not be permitted to prosecute someone twice for the same offense.

The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment states that no one can be tried more than...

By aclutn