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Help Wanted: Oklahoma’s Immigration Crisis and the Urgent Need For Habeas Counsel

Oklahoma has a growing immigration enforcement crisis.

By Travis Handler

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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.

The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.

The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.

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Stay informed on civil rights issues. Discover our latest actions and updates in the Press Release section.

Sep 28, 2022

How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data

As period-tracking apps draw scrutiny, we should also consider how a broader array of health apps may intrude on our privacy.

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Sep 28, 2022

Friends Ask Friends to Vote

The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues.

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Sep 26, 2022

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People

The ACLU’s National Prison Project continues to ensure the Constitution’s protections reach every incarcerated person.

With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the...
Sep 23, 2022

Learn About Where Secretary of State Candidates Land on Voting Issues

See where local candidates land on civil liberties and civil rights.

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Sep 21, 2022

Banned Book Week in Oklahoma

Since Oklahoma officials passed HB 1775 last year, there has been a massive surge of restrictions against discussing race and gender in the classroom.

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Sep 20, 2022

National Voter Registration Day is Today: Here’s What You Need to Know

Today is National Voter Registration Day, and it’s important to make sure you are registered at your current address and ready to vote.

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Sep 19, 2022

How to Start a Banned Book Club

Ella Scott, student and co-founder of her high school’s Banned Book Club, tells us what inspired her to take action and shares advice on how to combat book bans in your own school.

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Sep 16, 2022

The Civil Rights Movement’s ‘Smallest Freedom Fighter’ on the Power of Your Vote

Sheyann Webb-Christburg shares her story of marching to Selma against the odds, and the responsibility that comes with the right to vote.

A photo of Sheyann Webb with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sep 16, 2022

A Look at History: Civil Liberties Are on the Ballot

Elections in 1968, 2000, and 2016 prompted significant rollbacks of civil liberties. We can’t repeat history in 2022.

Voting booths lined up at polling station during in a public school in Brooklyn, New York.