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We can be pretty sure that each new day will bring two things: new threats to our civil liberties, and new stories of people standing up for their rights and winning. Behind every court ruling is a person. Behind every landmark law is a movement. Read the stories and hear the voices that ground our work.
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What's Wrong with Airport Face Recognition?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has launched a “Traveler Verification Service” (TVS) that envisions applying face recognition to all airline passengers, including U.S. citizens, boarding flights exiting the United States. This system raises very serious privacy issues.
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Civil Rights Data Advocacy at the State Level
Over the past decade, advocates have pushed state and local education agencies to collect and release data on how students are treated in their schools and justice systems.
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Red-Baiting – An Old Trend Resurfaces #ACLUTimeMachine
During the last four weeks of the 2016 election cycle, I was placed at a county Republican headquarters as part of a fellowship. While there, I witnessed firsthand how then candidate Donald Trump’s open contempt for the free press was mirrored and picked up on the ground by his campaign.
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Becoming a Civil Rights Data Advocate
Equal and fair treatment of students isn't something that can be taken for granted. It must be monitored. Data advocacy has long been a part of civil rights work, whether in the arenas of housing, employment, or education.
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No Justice No Pride: Coming Out Against Money Bail
When it comes to the criminal justice system, the odds are stacked against queer and trans people. The money bail system is no different.
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If the Government Spied on You, How Would You Know?
We’re suing the Justice Department to disclose when the government tells people it electronically spied on them.
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50 Years of Loving #ACLUTimeMachine
The Miseducation of Betsy DeVos (Apologies, Lauryn Hill)
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently referred to opponents of vouchers as “flat Earthers” who have “chilled creativity” in the education system.
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ICE Using Powerful Stingray Surveillance Devices In Deportation Searches
ICE obtained a warrant to track and locate the cell phone of an immigrant from El Salvador who the government believed to be removable from the country. This is the first evidence we’ve seen of ICE using a Stingray in a specific immigration enforcement operation, but we’ve known for some time that the agency possesses the technology.
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Celebrating Harvey Milk and the Defeat of the Briggs Initiative - #ACLUTimeMachine
Every year on May 22, California celebrates Harvey Milk Day to mark the indelible impact Milk left on the world. Did you know that in the last year of his life, Milk tirelessly fought a virulently homophobic statewide initiative that looked very likely to pass and would have put California in the vanguard of a growing anti-gay movement?
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This Mental Health Month, Advocates Demand Bail Reform
Jails have become America's top place to warehouse people living with mental health challenges. Far too many of those incarcerated are locked up for low-level offenses related to their health condition.
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