(2018-09-23). Long Beach Police Department's Troubling Use of TigerText Application. indybay.org The Southern California ACLU sent this letter to the Long Beach police department chief and Long Beach City Attorney about LBPD's use of self-erasing messaging app TigerText…
(2018-09-22). Is the Lone Star State Moving Left? truthout.org To the delight of millions of people in Texas and across the country, the odious Republican Sen. Ted Cruz finds himself in in a close race against his Democratic challenger, US Rep. Beto O'Rourke. | In Texas, where Republican zealots have dominated every statewide office for more than two decades, O'Rourke's promotion of Medicare for All, endorsement of anti-racist protests among NFL athletes and participation in marches on child detention centers are a welcome sign that Democratic politicians feel the need to address the grassroots social movements that have extended across the state. | If Cruz is out of a job following November's midterm elections, socialists and progressives will have plenty to smile about. | His defeat would serve a long-overdue humiliation in the southernmost bastion of US conservatism to a loud, bigoted clown who both constituents and non-constituents have come…
(2018-09-21). Colleges and Universities Have a Racial Profiling Problem. aclu.org College students and employees being reported to 911 for "living while Black" are part of a larger issue in the U.S. Our new campaign will address it. | We have seen it again and again: A Black or brown person is sitting in a Starbucks, barbequing in a public park, (2018-09-21). A Tale of Two New York Cities When It Comes to Policing. aclu.org A new New York Civil Liberties Union report reveals the fear and distrust of a violent New York Police Department. | New Yorkers know that the New York Police Department will treat us differently depending on our zip code and the color of our skin. But many New Yorkers don't know the intensity and the violence of police contact in neighborhoods heavily targeted by the NYPD. | A new report from the NYCLU exposes the radically different ways in which NYPD officers behave depending on what neighborhood they're working in and the impacts of that discrimination on everyday New Yorkers. " (2018-09-21). NAACP PARTNERS WITH 13 LEADING SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH DIGITAL AD IN OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, BRETT KAVANAUGH. naacp.org John Legend issues a Call to Action in the new campaign urging the public to #StopKavanaugh BALTIMORE (September 21, 2018) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization joined forces with 13 leading social justice organizations to release a Call to Action issued by singer-songwriter and […]
(2018-09-21). A Red State Victory for Voting Rights. truthdig.com This technical snafu—where one state agency has not been sharing its latest information with another; in this case, the driver bureau not sharing the latest address information with statewide election officials—is not simply bureaucratic bungling. | It is willfully turning what should be a simple matter—transferring data—into a potential voter suppression tactic. That's because it could complicate the process for hundreds of thousands of people in states with close races, starting with U.S. Senate contests. | Slightly different variations of this problem have surfaced in Missouri and Arizona. | In Arizona, civil rights groups have been frustrated by its state Motor Vehicle Division refusal to forwarded address changes for an estimated 384,000 people to election offices. That number comes from people who did not check a box on a form agreeing to forward the change of address information, a Secretary of State spokesman…
(2018-09-21). Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power? democracynow.org 
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
(2018-09-21). Cuts to Cancer Research, Head Start, and Women's Shelters Among $226 Million Diverted to Pay for Child Detention. mintpressnews.com 
Yahoo News reported that in order to continue detaining more than 13,000 children currently in the custody of the ORR, the Health and Human Services Secretary is proposing that up to $266 million be taken from other government health programs.
(2018-09-20). 2 Native American Teens Were Reported to Police for Joining a Campus Tour. Now We're Stepping In. aclu.org We're demanding that Colorado State University change policing practices after the racial profiling of two young Native-American teenagers. | Last spring, Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray, two Native American brothers, drove from their home in New Mexico to Colorado State University, excited to tour the college where they hoped to enroll. Their excitement and hopes soon turned to something else. A white parent on the tour called the CSU police department to repor…
(2018-09-20). The First Amendment Bars Officials From Targeting Nike Because They Don't Like Colin Kaepernick. aclu.org From Louisiana to Mississippi to Rhode Island, governments are trying to use the power of their offices to impose their views of Nike on others. | In response to the Nike ad campaign featuring NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick, some state and local government officials in Mississippi, Rhode Island, and (2018-09-20). Recap: NAACP National Call to Action Tele-Townhall. naacp.org 
| Thousands of concerned Americans participated in the NAACP National Call to Action on September 19. Participants heard from NAACP leaders on how they can help push back […]
(2018-09-20). American Prison: Shane Bauer Traces History of U.S. For-Profit Prisons from Slavery to Today. democracynow.org 
"American Prison." That's the name of the new book by award-winning journalist Shane Bauer, who dives deep into the profit-earning motives of U.S. prisons, from convict labor in colonial-era settlements all the way to present-day mass incarceration, including Bauer's own stint as an undercover prison guard at the privately owned Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana. We speak with Shane Bauer in New York City.
(2018-09-20). 'Want more shootings? Listen to the ACLU, Black Lives Matter & Antifa' — Jeff Sessions tells cops. rt.com 
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Chicago officers that the anti-police rhetoric of the ACLU, Black Lives Matter, and Antifa is partly responsible for the city's spiralling murder rate. |
(2018-09-19). New Bill Would Ensure No Woman Is Forced to Give Birth in Chains. aclu.org The practice of shackling pregnant women who are incarcerated is as shocking as it is widespread. | When a woman becomes pregnant, the nature of her health care by necessity becomes tailored to her being pregnant. This is no less true when a pregnant woman is incarcerated. But corrections officials across the nation would often rather ignore the fact and needs of incarcerated pregnant women than address their health care needs or even their basic rights. For example, pregnant prisoners are often shackled during childbirth in this country as well as put in solitary confinement, practices that are as shocking as th…
(2018-09-19). I Came to the U.S. Fleeing Horrific Abuse in My Home Country. Jeff Sessions Wants to Send People Like Me Back. aclu.org People like me come from countries where the justice system does not protect women and girls. To deny us refuge says our lives mean nothing. | I don't have a lot of memories of my childhood that don't involve violence. My father beat my mother up all the time in our hometown a few hours outside of Mexico City. He hit her with his hands and with any object he could find. Several times he used a knife to cut her. I think my father's sexual abuse of me started when I was 4 or 5. | I lived in terror of this man who claimed my body as his and thought of me as disposable. He could hit me or touch my most private parts…
(2018-09-19). Trump Is Unshackling America's Drones Thanks to Obama's Weakness. aclu.org Obama didn't do enough to curtail America's drones. Now expansion under Trump could have devastating consequences. | The piece was originally published by The Guardian. | For more than a decade, the worst-kept secret in the world has been the fact that the Central Intelligence Agency owns and operates lethal drones outside of recognized battlefields abroad. Newspapers blare it from their (2018-09-19). Vote! Our Lives Depend on It: NAACP Names Sheila E. Isong National Political Director for Civic Engagement. naacp.org Adds State Directors and National Advisors for Voter Registration Turnout BALTIMORE (September 19, 2018)—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America's foremost civil rights organization, hosted a strategic convening for its Civic Engagement #TurnOut18 leadership team during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference. VOTE! OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT! The NAACP brought together staff, state directors and advisors to execute a #TurnOut18 campaign aimed at […]
(2018-09-18). In Guatemala, a Tireless Search for Parents Separated From Their Children. aclu.org Working with the ACLU, human rights defenders look for missing parents in villages and remote regions of the country. | When Lesly Tayes, a Guatemala City-based tax lawyer, first saw images of children locked in cages inside immigration detention facilities near the southern U.S. border, she was stunned. "It made me very upset and sad," she said. "Later I learned that Guatemala had the highest number of separated families and I felt even worse. I wanted to help." Within weeks, she'd have her chance. | Earlier this summer, the ACLU sued the Trump administration over its policy of separating parents from their chi…
(2018-09-18). Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students' Free Speech Rights. aclu.org An alarming number of schools improperly discipline students for their speech — especially students of color. | School is back in session, and that means school administrators may be back to surveilling students on social media and unjustly disciplining them for what they say on it. | We've seen both of these troubling trends before. And in today's era of inspiring student (2018-09-18). How Facebook Is Giving Sex Discrimination in Employment Ads a New Life. aclu.org We're taking on Facebook and 10 companies for using the social platform to direct job ads toward men, excluding others. | In 1967, the newly formed National Organization for Women staged a weeklong protest of The New York Times and other newspapers. Their demonstration targeted the long-standing practice of printing classified listings in two separate columns: "Help wanted: Male" and "Help wanted: Female," which of course resulted in the exclusion of women from high-paying jobs and indust…
(2018-09-18). Blavity Op-Ed: Millennials Can Be The Power Bloc In November Elections — If We Choose To Be. naacp.org NAACP Youth and College Division leader Tiffany Dena Loftin penned a piece for Blavity the importance of millennial voters in the upcoming midterm elections: "School is back in session for the NAACP's Youth and College Division, members are entering the school year after a tough and emotional summer. While young folks should have been enjoying summer jobs […]
(2018-09-18). Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE. democracynow.org 
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
(2018-09-18). ACLU suing Facebook after 'women excluded' from seeing certain job ads on platform. rt.com 
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the social media giant of gender discrimination in job advertisements on its platform. |
(2018-09-17). NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa. naacp.org Event to honor ancestors and mark African holocaust in Brooklyn, NY Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will speak at the 24th Commemoration of The Maafa at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm EST. President Johnson will address the relevance of the African Maafa and the current […]
(2018-09-17). NAACP to Host National Call to Action Tele-Townhall Conference Call on Wednesday. naacp.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2018 CONTACTS: NAACP@sunshinesachs.com and Malik Russell: mrussell@naacpnet.org | Thousands to discuss social and political climate for Blacks in America | WASHINGTON (September 17, 2018) — With less than 50 days to the critical midterm elections, the NAACP will be holding a national call to action Tele-Townhall conference call on Wednesday, […]
(2018-09-16). Statement: Kavanaugh Allegations Impact Character and Fitness to Serve on Supreme Court. naacp.org Washington, D.C. — NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued the following statement on the recent allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: "For far too long we've seen the majority leadership in Congress pander to the dangerous decisions of the Trump Administration, and the recent allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have only confirmed that enough […]
(2018-09-15). NAACP Provides Disaster Management Resources in the Wake of Hurricane Florence. naacp.org NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, released the following statement regarding Hurricane Florence: "On Friday, Hurricane Florence, deemed by meteorologists to be a beast of a storm, made landfall in North Carolina, and it has already proved to be fatal," said Jacqui Patterson, Senior Director, NAACP Environmental Climate and Justice Program. "Although […]
(2018-09-14). NAACP's Marvin Owens to Talk Economics, Environmental Justice at CBC. naacp.org NAACP Senior Director of Economic Programs Marvin Owens to Discuss Intersection of Economics and Environmental Justice during Congressional Black Caucus Braintrust Washington, D.C. — NAACP Senior Director of Economic Programs Marvin Owens will discuss the intersection of economics and environmental justice during the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference. The Environmental Justice Braintrust will focus on […]
(2018-09-12). Headlines for September 12, 2018. democracynow.org "Storm of a Lifetime": Hurricane Florence Barrels Down on Carolinas' Coast, Ahead of Florence, SC Officials Say They Will Not Evacuate Ridgeland Prison, Florence Threatens Catastrophic Waste Spills from Pig Farms, Coal Ash Ponds, 6 Years Before Florence, North Carolina Passed Law Banning Studies of Sea Level Rise, Ahead of Florence, Trump Tries to Celebrate Admin Response to Hurricane Maria, Merkley: Trump Admin Diverted $10M from FEMA to ICE to Build Detention Centers, HHS to Triple Size of Texas Tent Camp for Migrant Children, Stephen Miller's Former Rabbi Slams Him at Rosh Hashanah Services over Family Separat…
(2018-08-29). The Movement Against Prison Abuse—From the Inside. progressive.org Janos Marton of the ACLU's Smart Justice program talks about a growing public awareness of the rampant inequality perpetuated by prisons, jails, arrests, and prosecutions, and what people on the outside can do.