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Apr 8, 2020

If COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?

ReNika Moore, Director, ACLU's Racial Justice Program

COVID-19 is ravaging...

ReNika Moore, Director, ACLU's Racial Justice Program

COVID-19 is ravaging...

Customers in masks line up outside a grocery store in Brooklyn, NY, waiting to enter after other shoppers have left, because of social distancing efforts during the coronavirus outbreak.
Customers in masks line up outside a grocery store in Brooklyn, NY, waiting to enter after other shoppers have left, because of social distancing efforts during the coronavirus outbreak.
Apr 8, 2020

“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19

Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter, ACLU

Mario Rodas, Sr. first found out there was a...

Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter, ACLU

Mario Rodas, Sr. first found out there was a...

Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
Apr 7, 2020

Police are Enforcing Public Health Orders, but that Doesn’t Make them Public Health Experts

Carl Takei, Former Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality

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Carl Takei, Former Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality

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Two Seattle police officers wearing N95 masks.
Two Seattle police officers wearing N95 masks.
Apr 6, 2020

Everyone Must be Counted in the 2020 Census

Ebony Miranda, Board Chair, Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County

Every 10...

Ebony Miranda, Board Chair, Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County

Every 10...

A demonstrator holding a sign with the text "It's in the Constitution: everyone counts" outside the Supreme Court.
A demonstrator holding a sign with the text "It's in the Constitution: everyone counts" outside the Supreme Court.
Apr 1, 2020

The Added Importance of the Census, in Light of COVID-19

Steven K. Choi, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition

Last...

Steven K. Choi, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition

Last...

Two envelopes containing 2020 U.S. Census forms.
Two envelopes containing 2020 U.S. Census forms.
Mar 31, 2020

The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility

Aimee Stephens

I was fired from my job as funeral director of a Detroit-area funeral home in 2013. I always...

Aimee Stephens

I was fired from my job as funeral director of a Detroit-area funeral home in 2013. I always...

Aimee Stephens speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court.
Aimee Stephens speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court.