ACLU-TN’s work is regularly covered by outlets across Tennessee and around the globe. Select highlights of this coverage are featured below.
By Claire Gardner Kids today get a bad rap. They’re not engaged; they’re obsessed with their phones; they’re self-centered, spoiled and cynical. They don’t care. But last Nov. 12, 23 [...]
By Hedy Weinberg As we mark the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that recognized a woman's right to access abortion and [...]
By Hedy Weinberg Tennessee is dangerously close to enacting a law that would gut science education in public schools. The "Monkey Bill" sailed through the Legislature and is now on [...]
By James W. Gilliam This week’s news of another suicide by a young student—brought about after years of anti-gay bullying at his school—reminds me of my own experiences attending schools [...]
By Lindsay Kee Throughout history, those in power have attempted to control access to information, to maintain — in the words of Thomas Jefferson — "tyranny over the mind of [...]
To the Editor: There has been a vigorous human rights mobilization against the virulent anti-Muslim campaign now under way in Tennessee and across the country. As reported, the organized anti-Islam [...]
By Lindsay Kee This past week, 17-year-old Jordan Binion committed suicide in Washington state, the latest in a devastating wave of teen suicides attributed to bullying by classmates. Certainly we [...]
By Lindsay Kee On April 2, when Mississippi high school senior Constance McMillen walked excitedly into the prom, she faced a virtually empty room. Later, she found out the "real" [...]
By Hedy Weinberg When the Arizona Legislature passed and Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's racial profiling law, core American values of fairness and equality were tossed out the window. Racial [...]
To the Editor: “In Nashville, a Ballot Measure That May Quiet All but English” (news article, Jan. 11) addresses a crucial community-defining issue in Nashville, but doesn’t capture the breadth [...]
