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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.
We’ve Filed 400 Legal Actions Against Trump
Immediately after Trump’s election, we put the president and his administration on notice: If they enacted unconstitutional and illegal policies, we would see them in court. We meant it. As of today, we’ve filed 400 legal actions against this administration. Our 400th filing was a class-action lawsuit that seeks to block the removal of children seeking asylum at the border.
The Public Healthcare Crisis in Oklahoma Jails
Oklahoma County Jail is just at the beginning of its COVID crisis. But it’s in an ongoing carceral crisis as well. We can’t talk about one without the other.
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The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for Suffrage
The 19th Amendment inked women’s suffrage into American history, a culminating moment in an effort to win political power. But as the 100th anniversary of its ratification fast approaches, it’s essential to reflect on who the 19th Amendment excluded in practice if not on paper, and what the popular historical record of this movement leaves out.
Why The Fight for Paid Sick Leave is a Civil Rights Issue
Ronald Newman, Former National Political Director, ACLU
“The Very Prescription is to Stay Home”: What it’s Like to be Evicted During a Global Pandemic
Leila Rafei, Former Content Strategist, ACLU
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Proposed Policy Regulating the Use of County Property for Free Speech Activities
Oklahoma County Commissioners are voting on an unconstitutional attempt to limit free speech tomorrow, 8/12, at 9 AM. This afternoon we sent the following letter to all commisioners noting that if enacted – let alone enforced – the County can expect the ACLU of Oklahoma to challenge the Policy as an impermissible burden upon the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The U.S. Postal Service Was Never a Business. Stop Treating it Like One.
Chad Marlow, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU
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