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Love Thy Neighbor: Defend our Communities: Protect Our Democracy, Part 1
A Voter Registration Event and Community Training! This training facilitated by Dream Action Oklahoma will give you a breakdown of the authoritarian playbook, and help prepare you to make sense of the nonsense by sharing your power and tools to make a difference in your community. ACLU-OK will also provide free voting resources and voter registration.
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
4 Ways the ACLU Continues to Fight for Gender Equality
For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice.
President Biden's Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces a Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service
Three years after President Biden ordered federal agencies to end prison profiteering, the Marshals Service continues to sidestep the ban.
A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
Challenging the Racist Death Penalty in North Carolina
We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.
A Plan to Block Trans Health Care in Ohio Was Stopped — But the Fight Isn’t Over
Gender-affirming care saved Emma's life, and while she and others in her community will continue to have access to health care in their home state, the looming threat of being forced to seek care elsewhere persists for many others.
Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech
The far right wants to get rid of DEI offices, end anti-bias training, and stop public statements of support for diversity. It’s the latest effort to dismantle systems designed to foster racial equity and progress.
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