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Nov 2, 2018

Children Cruelly Handcuffed Win Big Settlement Against the Police in Kentucky

For years, a sheriff’s office defended its use of handcuffs on elementary school students. Now it will pay up.

On Thursday, a sheriff’s office in Kentucky has agreed to pay more than $337,000 for the...

By aclutn

For years, a sheriff’s office defended its use of handcuffs on elementary school students. Now it will pay up.

On Thursday, a sheriff’s office in Kentucky has agreed to pay more than $337,000 for the...

By aclutn
Nov 1, 2018

Why Nashville Needs A Community Oversight Board

Criminal Legal Reform

We stand with the Community Oversight Now coalition in urging residents of Davidson County to...
By Lindsay Kee

We stand with the Community Oversight Now coalition in urging residents of Davidson County to...
By Lindsay Kee
Nov 1, 2018

Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert

The Tornillo detention camp represents a major shift in the policy and practice of putting the best interests of the child first.

Since June, the federal government has been operating a massive tent...

By aclutn

The Tornillo detention camp represents a major shift in the policy and practice of putting the best interests of the child first.

Since June, the federal government has been operating a massive tent...

By aclutn
Oct 31, 2018

Ohio’s Congressional Map is Broken. Here Are 3 Ways to Fix It.

Ohio’s map consistently gives Republicans 75 percent of the states’ congressional seats, regardless of the votes they earn.

As Ohio voters head to the polls next week, many will struggle to overcome...

By aclutn

Ohio’s map consistently gives Republicans 75 percent of the states’ congressional seats, regardless of the votes they earn.

As Ohio voters head to the polls next week, many will struggle to overcome...

By aclutn
Oct 31, 2018

The Pittsburgh Shooting Was an Attack on a Minority, not a Sign of ‘Anti-Religiosity’

The Trump administration sought to reframe the anti-Semitic tragedy in Pittsburgh to bolster the administration’s policy goals.

This past weekend’s mass shooting at a synagogue...

By aclutn

The Trump administration sought to reframe the anti-Semitic tragedy in Pittsburgh to bolster the administration’s policy goals.

This past weekend’s mass shooting at a synagogue...

By aclutn
Oct 31, 2018

Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe

Forty years after Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, discrimination against pregnant and breastfeeding workers remains rampant.

Forty years ago, working women in the United States won...

By aclutn

Forty years after Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, discrimination against pregnant and breastfeeding workers remains rampant.

Forty years ago, working women in the United States won...

By aclutn