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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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Sep 12, 2022

Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform

National headlines don’t tell the full story; reform continues to win across the country.

Shelby County Court
Sep 12, 2022

Gendered Dress Codes Hurt Everyone — Especially Non-Binary People Like Me

The Washington State Human Rights Commission’s found Alaska Airlines’ gendered dress code policy discriminatory. It’s time for the airline to do the right thing.

A flight attendant wearing a suit walking through the aisle of a plane.
Sep 09, 2022

Ask the Experts: How to Start Small and Make a Big Impact During This Election

ACLU volunteer Marci Iacobucci tells us what inspires her to speak up and engage with prospective voters.

A volunteer prepares "I Voted" stickers at a polling station.
Sep 01, 2022

When Release Conditions End in Unjust Confinement

One Native American woman’s experience with mandated drug treatment led to a horrifying series of events.

The lock and bars of a prison cell are at the forefront, while a detainee, standing in an orange jumpsuit and with his tattooed arms crossed waits in a cell with other detainees.
Aug 31, 2022

UN Racial Justice Experts Call on Biden to End the 287(g) Program

The program, which deputizes local law enforcement to help ICE deport immigrants, is inextricably tied to racial profiling.

Delegates converse while in attendace at the United Nations General Assembly on October 26, 2022 in New York City.
Aug 31, 2022

From High School Activist to Full-Time Advocate

Henry Seaton is empowering trans people across Tennessee.

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Aug 30, 2022

The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries

“Death qualification” is yet another way prosecutors stack the odds against Black defendants and in favor of capital punishment.

Am antique jury’s box.
Aug 29, 2022

One Year Later, the US Must Evacuate the Kabul Drone Strike Survivors

The government must keep its promise and get all those affected by its mistaken drone strike to safety before it’s too late.

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Aug 26, 2022

The Nightmarish Loss of Workplace Privacy

As oppressive surveillance in the workplace becomes increasingly common, policymakers should push back.

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