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Mary Frances Berry: 60 Years After Brown, "The students didn't fail us; we failed the students."
Within a minute or two of speaking with Mary Frances Berry, you first hear the crackle of enthusiasm and then you notice the matter-of-fact way she can describe something awful, like police intimidation in the South, and chuckle, seemingly at the absurdity of it all. A life-long veteran of the civil rights and education reform movements, Berry has assumed many roles in her pursuit of blacks' and women's basic civil rights.
By By Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU
What the House is Really Doing on Immigration Today
No one knows when, or if, House leadership will take up immigration reform.
By By Georgeanne M. Usova, Washington Legislative Office
Dear Senate, Demand to Read Drone Memos Before Voting on Barron Nomination
The ACLU wrote today to the full Senate membership urging senators to read key memos on the drone targeted killing program before voting on the nomination of David Barron to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. You can read the full letter here.
By By Zak Newman, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
This Revolution Should Not Be Televised
(Updated below)
By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Supreme Court Turns Blind Eye to Exclusionary Prayers at Government Meetings
This morning, the Supreme Court issued a disappointing and troubling decision upholding a town board's practice of opening its meetings with Christian prayers.
By Heather L. Weaver
Why Gerardo Can't Just "Get In Line"
We recently featured the story of Gerardo Hernandez-Contreras, a father who was deported after a traffic violation, on our blog. People sympathetic to Mr. Hernandez-Contreras blamed Congress for failing to pass immigration reform, while others pointed the finger at the Obama administration and overzealous local police.
By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
On the Agenda: May 5-9
Ladies and gentleman, the tinsel has left the town. Last Saturday was the one event in D.C. that is guaranteed to bring the stars to our fair nation's capital: the White House Correspondent's Dinner, a.k.a. Nerd Prom.
By By Meghan Groob, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
U.N. Human Rights Chief: Stop Lethal Injection in U.S.
The pain and suffering of Clayton Lockett during his gruesome execution in Oklahoma this week has been met with outrage around the world. Today the United Nations human rights chief said that Lockett's botched execution may violate international law, and called for an immediate moratorium on the administration of the death penalty across the United States.
By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU
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