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Aug 3, 2018

A Life Worth Living

An alumnus of the ACLU’s Summer Institute discusses the life lessons she learned over two summers attending the program.

You can read every article ever written about discrimination and it wouldn’t...

By aclutn

An alumnus of the ACLU’s Summer Institute discusses the life lessons she learned over two summers attending the program.

You can read every article ever written about discrimination and it wouldn’t...

By aclutn
Aug 3, 2018

Elementary School Kids Don’t Belong in Handcuffs

The ACLU is suing Flint police for putting a 7-year-old with disabilities in handcuffs for kicking a cart in school.

Chrystal McCadden thought she had done everything necessary to ensure an...

By aclutn

The ACLU is suing Flint police for putting a 7-year-old with disabilities in handcuffs for kicking a cart in school.

Chrystal McCadden thought she had done everything necessary to ensure an...

By aclutn
Aug 2, 2018

3 Reasons Why Immigration Detention Centers Are Not Like ‘Summer Camp’

During a congressional hearing this week, a Trump administration official compared immigrant detention centers to a summer camp.

In the first and possibly only congressional oversight hearing on...

By aclutn

During a congressional hearing this week, a Trump administration official compared immigrant detention centers to a summer camp.

In the first and possibly only congressional oversight hearing on...

By aclutn
Aug 1, 2018

The Trump Administration Is Preventing Detained Immigrants From Practicing Their Religion

We’re suing the government to make sure detained immigrants can practice their religion as well as receive adequate food and medical care.

Amid the chaos of family separations and zero-...

By aclutn

We’re suing the government to make sure detained immigrants can practice their religion as well as receive adequate food and medical care.

Amid the chaos of family separations and zero-...

By aclutn
Aug 1, 2018

Liberals, Don't Lose Faith in the First Amendment

The First Amendment is operating as it should, neutrally preserving the lifeblood of democracy.

This piece originally appeared at...

By aclutn

The First Amendment is operating as it should, neutrally preserving the lifeblood of democracy.

This piece originally appeared at...

By aclutn
Aug 1, 2018

Texas Decides to Execute Despite a Victim’s Son Calling for Forgiveness

The state’s use of the death penalty is not about justice for victims’ families.

Fourteen years ago, Mitesh Patel lost his father Hasmukh in a robbery-murder at the family’s store in San Antonio....

By aclutn

The state’s use of the death penalty is not about justice for victims’ families.

Fourteen years ago, Mitesh Patel lost his father Hasmukh in a robbery-murder at the family’s store in San Antonio....

By aclutn