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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.
The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech
The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest.
State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights
Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.
911: Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police
Emergency response systems must be revamped to equip 911 call-takers to dispatch non-police first responders.
When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail
Defamation laws are relics of a bygone age.
National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation
U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.
Is the Government Tracking Your Social Media Activity?
Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.
Access to Housing is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time (Again)
The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
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