Guardian USadded this to News · 5hPolice Shootings California adopts country's strictest law to curb police killingsGuardian US - Vivian Ho in San FranciscoCalifornia has adopted the strictest law in the United States limiting when police can use deadly force. Come 1 January, law enforcement in the state will only be allowed to do so if the “officer reasonably
U.S. Department of State Colorado man denied passport despite U.S. citizenship, ACLU lawsuit allegesdenverpost.com - Saja Hindi A Colorado man is suing the U.S. secretary of state’s office for declining to issue him an American passport even though he was born in Texas, a …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBernie Sanders Sanders Proposes Ban On Police Use Of Facial Recognition Technologymediapost.com - Wendy Davis Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling for a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by the police. The proposal is part …
Out Magazineadded this to Out Magazine · 4hLGBTQI Alabama School Removes Female Student From Yearbook For Wearing Tuxout.com - Matt Baume In place of her photo were the words "not pictured." An Alabama high school will take steps to address the yearbook staff’s decision not to publish a …
Civil Rights A New Vision for Pretrial Justice in the United Statesaclu.org - www.aclu.org Every year, millions of people are arrested, required to pay money bail they cannot afford, separated from their families and loved ones, or absent …
Northern California Many Californians Have Doubts About Facial Recognition Softwaretheepochtimes.com - Chris Karr A piece of legislation proposed by California Assemblyman Phil Ting has generated a conversation among lawmakers and law enforcement about the …
Civil Rights Support Crystal Masonaclu.org - action.aclu.org Crystal Mason, a Black mother of three from Texas, thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 …
LGBTQI Gavin Grimm’s Case Could Be Headed Back to the Supreme Courtout.com - Matt Baume His former school board has appealed the student’s recent legal victory for trans bathroom rights. In 2014, the Gloucester Virginia County School …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLibraries Power Up Registrationaclu.org - action.aclu.org We invite you to join the ACLU of Washington for our inaugural Power Up training for activists! At the training, you will have the opportunity to …
Bloombergadded this to Bloomberg · 2hAsylum Seekers Asylum Seekers Pursue National Order Barring New ConstraintsBloomberg - Patricia Hurtado Lawyers representing migrants asked a federal judge in California to reinstate a nationwide order that blocked the Trump administration from …
Civil Rights Summer 2019 Issueaclu.org - www.aclu.org The summer 2019 issue of ACLU Magazine includes a cover story on Cristina Morales, a Temporary Protected Status holder, and her daughter, Crista …
Pro-choice Movement Defend Our Abortion Rightsaclu.org - action.aclu.org Across the country, our right to abortion is under attack. A growing number of states are banning abortion outright. And since 2010, others have …
Politics New Trump Admin Rule Would Let Religious Employers Fire LGBT, Jewish Employees, Critics Warnhaaretz.com - Reuters and JTA A new Labor Department proposal would allow religious federal contractors to hire and fire people based on their beliefs. The proposal, announced …
RRhonda Kauthadded this to Trump · 1dU.S. Military Dentist-Soldier Becomes US Citizen After Long Delay by Department of Defensemilitary.com - New York Daily News An immigrant from India finally became a citizen on Friday, after a long wait and some legal help from the American Civil Liberties Union. Hiren …
City Journaladded this to Politics & Law · 1dNYPD The Cost of Bad Intentionscity-journal.org - Steven Malanga is the senior editor of City Journal, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer. Urban America began falling apart in the 1960s, with skyrocketing crime and worsening disorder. Vagrants and drug dealers colonized streets, parks, …
Discrimination Don't Allow Discrimination In Health Careaclu.org - action.aclu.org The Trump Administration will stop at nothing to roll back progress towards equality – especially when it comes to the rights of transgender people …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCivil Rights KEEP FIGHTING TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S RIGHTSaclu.org - action.aclu.org The cruel and targeted assaults on people's rights being pushed by the Trump administration keep coming every day. We're fighting to protect those in …
Mike Parson Stop the Torturous Execution of Rusty Bucklewaclu.org - action.aclu.org Russell "Rusty" Bucklew is scheduled to die by lethal injection in Missouri on October 1. Like all executions, it will violate international human …
Matt Harvey Corrections Officer Who Struck Rhode Island Protesters With Pickup Truck Resignscommondreams.org - www.commondreams.org A senior corrections officer at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island has resigned after being placed on administrative leave for driving his …
The Telegraphadded this to World News · 2dMeat Veggie burger opens new divide in the USThe Telegraph - By David MillwardThe veggie burger has emerged as the latest battleground over traditional American values. Several states have passed labelling laws banning the use of the word meat - and even meat-related terms such
Athens, GA ACLU calls Athens elementary school principal’s religious event constitutionally concerningredandblack.com - Savannah Sicurella | Campus News Editor On incoming Gaines Elementary School principal Luther McDaniel’s first school day on the job, the Athens Prayer Network posted a letter the principal …
U.S. News & World Report · 2dCitizenship Soldier From India Awarded Citizenship After Long DelayU.S. News & World Report - Associated Press BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says a member of the U.S. Army from India has been granted citizenship after a lengthy …
Fox News · 2dAndrew Yang Andrew Yang vows mass pardon to all imprisoned for nonviolent marijuana offensesFox News - Alex PappasEntrepreneur and Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang told a crowd in New Hampshire on Friday that he would pardon every prison inmate convicted of nonviolent marijuana offenses if he was elected.
Andrew Yang Democratic candidate Yang hopes his ideas take hold in NHwmur.com - Mike Cronin Back in New Hampshire for a three-day swing, presidential candidate Andrew Yang is hoping to move to the front of the Democratic field. “It's up to …
Greyhound Buses are No Place for Border Patrolaclu.org - action.aclu.org Throughout the country, people rely on Greyhound to get to work, visit family, or to simply travel freely. But Greyhound has been letting Border …
Civil Rights PROTECT IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTSaclu.org - action.aclu.org Families are still being separated at the border. Conditions in detention sites are unconscionable and inhumane. Children are dying and the Trump …
Surveillance Say no to secret face surveillanceaclu.org - action.aclu.org Imagine: You’re on your way to a protest, and you walk past a government surveillance camera. Without your knowledge, government software runs an …
Civil Rights Congress: Hold CBP Accountable for Inhumane Child Detentionaclu.org - action.aclu.org The country is reeling from news of immigrant children held in metal cages, kept hungry, alone and afraid. Babies are being left for days in soiled …
Greyhound Greyhound riders are being asked for immigration papers at South Florida bus terminalsbradenton.com - By Monique O. Madan Greyhound riders are being asked for immigration papers at South Florida bus terminals Federal immigration agents are beefing up their efforts to …
CNNadded this to Politics · 3dPolitics Trump administration gets partial win, asylum restrictions may take effect in Texas, New MexicoCNN - By Geneva Sands, Jessica Schneider(CNN) — A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a partial win Friday by allowing its asylum restrictions to take effect in Texas and New Mexico. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, known
