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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.
How to Save Lives in Jail During the Opioid Crisis
People in jails are often denied life-saving treatment for opioid addiction, with deadly results.
Time and Again, Social Media Giants Get Content Moderation Wrong: Silencing Speech about Al-Aqsa Mosque is Just the Latest Example
Social media companies often get content moderation wrong — both because of their vague and sweeping rules, and because they make mistakes when applying those rules, often through blunt automated detection systems. Perfect content moderation may be impossible, but the major platforms can do better.
State Lawmakers Are Trying to Ban Talk About Race in Schools
A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom is underway. These bills don’t just set back progress in addressing systemic issues, they also rob young people of an inclusive education and blatantly suppress speech about race.
Discriminatory Return to In Office Work Mandates Could Push Women and People of Color out of the Workforce
If states and cities rush into forcing remote employees to return to the office without confronting the ongoing realities of the pandemic, they could cause new setbacks to workplace equality that will take decades to overcome.
It’s Past Time to End the Federal Militarization of Police
Our new report documents the critical need to repeal 1033, which allows the federal government to equip local police with military gear.
Federal Militarization of Law Enforcement Must End
Reform of the 1033 program, which arms local police with military equipment and weapons, is not enough.
International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically
A robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism in the United States.
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