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For decades, local, state and federal public officials from both political parties and powerful interest groups engineered the system of mass incarceration. They did this in part by constructing a narrative of fear fueled by racism through which they passed laws, spent billions of dollars, and separated millions of families. It was a disaster of epic proportions that unfolded in slow motion and for which we are still paying the price today as a nation.
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By aclutn
Mar 30, 2017
Unfair Eviction Screening Policies Are Disproportionately Blacklisting Black Women
Five years ago, Nikita Smith’s landlord filed an eviction case against her. They worked it out, and Ms. Smith was never evicted. Little did she know that years later, the eviction filing would continue to haunt her. When she applied for another apartment in Renton, Washington, just outside Seattle, the property’s management company shut her out from the chance to move into a new home.
Across the country, landlords routinely use
By aclutn
Mar 30, 2017
Kentucky Is on the Verge of Effectively Banning Abortion. Yes, You Read That Right.
This is not a drill. Kentucky is on the verge of closing the last abortion clinic in the state.
While attention is focused on the threat to women’s health at the federal level — everything fr
By aclutn
Mar 30, 2017
Day 70: Watch Ed Snowden's lawyer discuss democracy in a surveillance state
By Claire Gardner
Mar 30, 2017
Don’t Be Fooled by North Carolina, There Is No Repeal of The Anti-Trans HB2, Only More Discrimination.
What do they say about déjà vu all over again?
That is what seems to be happening in North Carolina whe
By aclutn
Mar 28, 2017
The Guantánamo Military Commissions Continue to Undermine Basic Principles of American Justice
Observers walking into the viewing gallery of the Guantánamo Bay military court are met with a number of signs depicting prohibited behavior. One of them cautions against any manner of “visual enhancement devices” and features a calm, smiling woman undisturbed by the constitutional and human rights violations transpiring a few feet away. This mundane image serves as a symbol for what we as a society must avoid: normalizing the due process violations and excessive secrecy that have marred the military commissions since their inception.
This reminder is particularly pressing given President Trump’s campaign
By aclutn
Mar 27, 2017
Local Leaders Should Know the Constitutional and Public Safety Risks of Joining Trump’s Deportation Force
You may have heard how Trump is trying to bully local police departments into becoming part of his deportation force.
ACLU affiliates across the country are fighting back.
Right now, we’re sending letters to law enforcement and other l
By aclutn
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