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Sep 21, 2017

St. Louis Police’s Chants of ‘Whose Streets? Our Streets!’ Once Again Reveal the Warped Mindset Infecting Too Many Departments

The streets do not belong to the police. They belong to the community. The time for police reform is now.

The antagonistic “us versus them” culture that plagues many police...

By aclutn

The streets do not belong to the police. They belong to the community. The time for police reform is now.

The antagonistic “us versus them” culture that plagues many police...

By aclutn
Sep 21, 2017

The Fight to Kill Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Law SB4 Is Not Over, But We Have the Constitution on Our Side

Texas continues to push the false narrative that SB4 is about public safety despite police opposition to the law.

The fight to kill SB4, Texas’ unconstitutional anti-immigrant law, is not over yet....

By aclutn

Texas continues to push the false narrative that SB4 is about public safety despite police opposition to the law.

The fight to kill SB4, Texas’ unconstitutional anti-immigrant law, is not over yet....

By aclutn
Sep 21, 2017

Maine Won’t Let Nurse Practitioners Perform Early Abortions, and It’s Harming Our Patients — So I’m Suing

I’m a nurse practitioner who has sent away patients in desperate situations even though I can provide abortion care safely.

From the time I was in college, I knew two things: I...

By aclutn

I’m a nurse practitioner who has sent away patients in desperate situations even though I can provide abortion care safely.

From the time I was in college, I knew two things: I...

By aclutn
Sep 20, 2017

Keith Tharpe’s Scheduled Execution Tests Our Nation's Tolerance for the Death Penalty's Racial Bias

There are two types of Black people, the juror said, and Tharpe wasn’t a “good” one.

This piece originally appeared at...

By aclutn

There are two types of Black people, the juror said, and Tharpe wasn’t a “good” one.

This piece originally appeared at...

By aclutn
Sep 20, 2017

ACLU and Planned Parenthood Take on Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions in Maine

We’re challenging a law that harms patients by blocking qualified clinicians from performing abortions.

Legal abortion is one of the safest services in contemporary medicine, and...

By aclutn

We’re challenging a law that harms patients by blocking qualified clinicians from performing abortions.

Legal abortion is one of the safest services in contemporary medicine, and...

By aclutn
Sep 20, 2017

Same-Sex Couples Are Being Turned Away From Becoming Foster and Adoptive Parents in Michigan. So We’re Suing.

We’re suing in Michigan because LGBT parents should not be turned away from adoption agencies because of who they are.

Like many other states, Michigan outsources child welfare services to...

By aclutn

We’re suing in Michigan because LGBT parents should not be turned away from adoption agencies because of who they are.

Like many other states, Michigan outsources child welfare services to...

By aclutn