Tag: ACLU
ACLU demands immediate resignation of Kenosha police chief, sheriff, and mayor
The actions of the city’s top law enforcement officials, said the group, “uphold and defend white supremacy, while demonizing people who were murdered for exercising their first amendment rights and speaking out against police violence.”
Citing ‘years of chaos and impunity,’ ACLU calls for breakup of...
“We have to remove the loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office.”
ACLU celebrates settlement ending unconstitutional efforts to silence pipeline protesters in...
“Let this be a lesson to other states: If you criminalize protest, we will sue.”
ACLU: Trump’s anti-trans ban has no military justification, is driven by...
We speak to Chase Strangio, staff attorney at the ACLU, which is challenging the Trump administration’s ban on service members who are transgender.
Trump admin. hints it may resume family separation at border; ACLU...
A new report by Amnesty International suggests immigration officials separated some 6,000 families between April and August, a far higher number of children and parents torn apart than previously thought.
ACLU formally opposes Kavanaugh, citing credible sexual assault allegations & partisan...
“As a nonpartisan organization, the ACLU does not oppose Judge Kavanaugh based on predictions about how he would vote as a Justice. We oppose him in light of the credible allegations of sexual assault against him.”
NSA’s spying power could soon be extended
People all over the nation are joining together to pressure Congress to uphold the Fourth Amendment.
NY Attorney General joins ACLU lawsuit against Trump
Schneiderman announced that his office has joined the ACLU’s lawsuit against Trump’s executive order, which effectively bans many Muslims from entering the country.
ACLU launches 7-point plan of action against Trump administration
“Let’s fight like hell for our country and the Constitution.”
ACLU & NAACP: Jeff Sessions unfit for post defending civil rights...
Trump’s pick has drawn widespread outrage because of Sessions’s opposition to the Voting Rights Act, support for anti-immigration legislation and history of making racist comments.
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
The compulsion to intervene
Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers
"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."
The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
Countries introduce legislation to ban or restrict vapes
Vaping has become popular among youth, but comes with an environmental impact.