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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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Aug 24, 2021

ACLU’s LGBTQ and HIV Project Exists Because of Jim Hormel’s Generosity

Remembering James Hormel, a pioneering champion and philanthropist of LGBTQ rights

Black-and-white photo of James Hormel (left) and Matt Coles from the ACLU archives.
Aug 23, 2021

What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?

Here’s how 2020 census data could determine your voice in future elections.

A map of the redistricting plan for the City of North Charleston.
Aug 20, 2021

Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent

The best-selling author and educator joins us on At Liberty to discuss her recent memoir.

Ashley C. Ford wears beige sweater.
Aug 20, 2021

One Year Later, U.S. Service Members Are Still Awaiting Their Promised Pathway to Citizenship

A federal court ordered the U.S. military to stop implementing a Trump-era policy that blocked a path to citizenship — but our clients are still waiting for them to comply.

United States Navy sailors and Marines from ten different countries take an oath of citizenship during a ceremony for members of the military aboard the USS Midway Museum Friday, July 2, 2021, in San Diego.
Aug 17, 2021

Block the Vote: How Politicians are Trying to Block Voters from the Ballot Box

Too many politicians are trying to manipulate the outcome of elections by making it harder to cast a ballot.

Person wearing blue with an I voted sticker
Aug 15, 2021

Nine Years After DACA Went Into Effect, Congress On The Verge Of Passing A Path To Citizenship

A pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants is within reach. Congress must get it done.

A girl and her father stand with some 200,000 immigrants' rights activists flood the National Mall to demand comprehensive immigration reform on March 21, 2010 in Washington DC.
Aug 13, 2021

Church or Jail? Federal Court Delivers Qualified Immunity Win For Religious Freedom

A Colorado man can sue the officer who revoked his parole for not attending worship services, a federal court ruled.

"Equal Justice Under Law" engraving above entrance to US Supreme Court Building.
Aug 13, 2021

Simone Biles, Sha’Carri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black Women

The Tokyo 2020 games keep making headlines for the wrong reasons — particularly the treatment of Black athletes.

USA's Simone Biles in the Women's Balance Beam Final at Ariake Gymnastic Centre on the eleventh day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.
Aug 10, 2021

Documents Foreshadow a Grim Future for COVID-19 Spread in Federal Prisons

What happens when federal prison staff speak out on the dangers ravaging their facility during COVID-19? Almost nothing, it seems.

A general view of the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, California