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Dec 23, 2014

VICTORY! Federal Jury Holds Catholic School Accountable for Sex Discrimination

Emily Herx never imagined that she could lose her job for trying to get pregnant. But after working for more than seven years as a literature and language arts teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana, she...

By By Brian Hauss, Legal Fellow, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project

Emily Herx never imagined that she could lose her job for trying to get pregnant. But after working for more than seven years as a literature and language arts teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana, she...

By By Brian Hauss, Legal Fellow, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
Dec 23, 2014

Bait-and-Switch: As One Family Detention Center Closes, Another Opens

When we arrived at the U.S. border, I felt relieved because I thought we were finally safe. But immigration officials took my daughter and me to a place out in the middle of nothing in...

By By Andrea L. Alford, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

When we arrived at the U.S. border, I felt relieved because I thought we were finally safe. But immigration officials took my daughter and me to a place out in the middle of nothing in...

By By Andrea L. Alford, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Dec 22, 2014

Serial and What It Says About America's Criminal Justice System

Serial, the pop culture podcast phenomenon, isn't just a well-produced and addictive listening experience (though it is both of those things). By questioning the validity of some criminal justice procedures...

By By Cassandra Stubbs, Director, ACLU Capital Punishment Project

Serial, the pop culture podcast phenomenon, isn't just a well-produced and addictive listening experience (though it is both of those things). By questioning the validity of some criminal justice procedures...

By By Cassandra Stubbs, Director, ACLU Capital Punishment Project
Dec 22, 2014

Growing Chorus Demands Criminal Investigation into Torture Program

Calls for a criminal investigation into the Bush-era torture program described in the Senate report released earlier this month are beginning to mount.

The ACLU and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a...

By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU

Calls for a criminal investigation into the Bush-era torture program described in the Senate report released earlier this month are beginning to mount.

The ACLU and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a...

By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU
Dec 19, 2014

"People in Your Hood Ride Bikes to Shoot People."

This week, 22-year-old Modesto Sanchez told lawmakers of the Massachusetts Legislature about the day he and his friend rode their bikes down the street on which Sanchez lived, only to be stopped and frisked...

By By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program

This week, 22-year-old Modesto Sanchez told lawmakers of the Massachusetts Legislature about the day he and his friend rode their bikes down the street on which Sanchez lived, only to be stopped and frisked...

By By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Dec 18, 2014

Police Shouldn't Just Film Themselves Being Santa's Helpers

You may have seen the viral video making the rounds on social media: a millionaire "Secret Santa" donated $100,...

By By Micah McCoy, ACLU of New Mexico

You may have seen the viral video making the rounds on social media: a millionaire "Secret Santa" donated $100,...

By By Micah McCoy, ACLU of New Mexico