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Dec 28, 2017

Returning Home to Memphis, Where Two Confederate Statues Are No More

In a strike against the legacy and reality of white supremacy, Memphis tore down two Confederate statues.

I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. I returned home this month for my brother’s...

By aclutn

In a strike against the legacy and reality of white supremacy, Memphis tore down two Confederate statues.

I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. I returned home this month for my brother’s...

By aclutn

Dec 28, 2017

Jeff Sessions Takes a Stand for Debtors’ Prisons

Jailing poor people simply for being poor was, is, and always will be unconstitutional.

During the holiday season, many of us think about what we can do to help people struggling with poverty....

By aclutn

Jailing poor people simply for being poor was, is, and always will be unconstitutional.

During the holiday season, many of us think about what we can do to help people struggling with poverty....

By aclutn

Dec 27, 2017

When the Baltimore Police Locked Down Several Blocks of a Black Neighborhood

The ACLU of Maryland is seeking officers' body cam footage to investigate what happened at the cordon.

On Nov. 15, Detective David Bomenka of the Baltimore Police Department reported that his partner...

By aclutn

The ACLU of Maryland is seeking officers' body cam footage to investigate what happened at the cordon.

On Nov. 15, Detective David Bomenka of the Baltimore Police Department reported that his partner...

By aclutn

Dec 22, 2017

When Police Shoot a Man Who Was Stabbing Himself

The Minneapolis police put Marcus Fischer in an interview room. He started to cut himself, so they shot him.

A suspect in an armed robbery is sitting alone in a police department’s interview room....

By aclutn

The Minneapolis police put Marcus Fischer in an interview room. He started to cut himself, so they shot him.

A suspect in an armed robbery is sitting alone in a police department’s interview room....

By aclutn

Dec 22, 2017

Who Can Clean Up the FCC’s Net Neutrality Mess?

There are three possible paths to the reinstatement of the net neutrality protections stripped away through last week’s vote.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission took the long...

By aclutn

There are three possible paths to the reinstatement of the net neutrality protections stripped away through last week’s vote.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission took the long...

By aclutn

Dec 22, 2017

The Trump Administration Might Be Trying to Strip the Citizenship of an American Detainee Held in Secret

The Supreme Court has made clear that U.S. citizenship can only be voluntarily relinquished.

Update (12/22/17): In its latest...

By aclutn

The Supreme Court has made clear that U.S. citizenship can only be voluntarily relinquished.

Update (12/22/17): In its latest...

By aclutn