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ACLU: We’re Monitoring 3 Counties in Mississippi to Ensure State Upholds Ban...
By L. Rene Hardwick, Ph.D., ACLU of MS Advocacy Coordinator Published in The 74 Heather Rhodes was visiting her son, Cade, at school to celebrate his eighth birthday when she heard him screaming....
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The freedom to express includes the freedom to offend
By Joshua Tom, ACLU of MS Staff Attorney Published in the Jackson Advocate Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the National Anthem. The Ku Klux Klan distributes flyers in Rankin County. A student...
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North Carolina May Have Stuck With Discrimination, But Make No Mistake: Hate...
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/north-carolina-may-have-stuck-discrimination-make-no-mistake-hate-doesnt-sell By James Esseks, Director, LGBT & HIV Project At 10:20 a.m. yesterday...
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Legislatures Gear Up to Target Transgender People. We Gear Up to Fight Back.
By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT & HIV Project Across the country, before state legislative sessions have even convened, lawmakers are making clear that transgender people will again...
View ArticleTrump and Sessions: Great for the Private Prison Industry, Terrible for Civil...
With Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, the private prison industry will have a direct line to President Trump. By Carl Takei and Katie Egan Donald Trump’s victory has been nothing but good news for...
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Why is the Death of a Community Member not a Top News Story?!?
It is time for this state to ensure protections for all Mississippians. By Jennifer Riley Collins, Executive Director Over the last couple of days, I have observed with a bit of disappointment the...
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WATCH: In His Former Life as Alabama’s Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Abused...
Sessions overzealously prosecuted a case that a judge called the worst example of prosecutorial misconduct he had ever seen. By ACLU It is now well-known that Jeff Sessions’ record as a senator shows...
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Why Are DC Police Keeping Their Body Cameras Off During Inauguration and the...
By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project A lot of social media activity has come to our attention questioning why the DC police have been instructed NOT to...
View ArticleACLU of MS Responds to Governor's State of the State
Below is ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director Jennifer Riley Collins' response to the Governor's State of the State Address - January 17, 2017: As the state celebrates its 200-year mark, the governor...
View ArticleOn Donald Trump’s First Full Day in Office, Millions Showed the President...
Friday, January 20, was President Trump’s day, but Saturday, January 21, was ours. By Stacy Sullivan, Associate Director of Strategic Communications, ACLU As inauguration ceremonies commenced for...
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