Democratic Governor Considering Signing Major GOP Voter Suppression Legislation in Pennsylvania
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-07-02
Gov. Tom Wolf is weighing whether to sign SB 48, a GOP bill that would ban straight-ticket voting and give Donald Trump an edge in 2020.
theintercept.com/2019/07/02/pennsylvania-ban-straight-ticket-voting/

In San José, Japanese Americans Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids
Text: R. Robertson Photos: Wes Chang, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
Members of the Japanese American community and allies gathered near the steps of the historic Issei Memorial Building in San José's Japantown on June 27 to say, "Never again is now." | In related video (see link), a protest in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma is interrupted by military police on June 24. The Oklahoma location once held Japanese Americans during WWII without due process and before that it imprisoned Native Americans. Protests in San José and Ft. Sill were demonstrations against the Trump administration plan to reopen Ft. Sill to imprison the children of asylum seekers. | Please credit the photographer: Wes Chan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824288.php

SF PRIDE 2019 "One Job Is Enough!" Unite Here Local 2 & Free Chelsea & Assange
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
At San Francisco PRIDE march and rally on June 30, 2019, Unite Here Local 2 workers and leaders talked about why they support PRIDE and also supporters of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange marched and talked about the jailin of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824321.php

There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation
Bamby Salcedo | thenation.com | 2019-07-02
There Can Be No Queer Liberation Without Trans Liberation…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-liberation-trans-oppression/

Rwandan in US sentenced for 8 years for lying about role in genocide
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-02
A Rwandan man convicted of hiding his involvement in the country's 1994 genocide in an attempt to win asylum in the U.S. was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison. | Jean Leonard Teganya participated in at least seven murders and five rapes during the genocide, in which Hutu extremists slaughtered Tutsis and Hutus who tried to protect them, prosecutors said. | He was found guilty in April of immigration fraud and perjury after authorities say he lied on his asylum application to portray himself as a victim rather than a perpetrator of the massacre. | Teganya denies playing a role in the genocide…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/02/rwandan-in-us-sentenced-for-8-years-for-lying-about-role-in-genocide/

Australian PM refused to raise persecution of Assange with Trump
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
At the G20 summit Morrison fawned over Trump, who is seeking to imprison the WikiLeaks founder for life, or execute him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/assa-j02.html

UK: GCHQ/MI5 admit illegally spying on millions
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Their admissions were the result of a court case brought by the civil rights group Liberty.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/surv-j02.html

Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php

Military Coup in Sudan, Overthrow of President Al-Bashir: Transitional Process Impeded by Domestic and International Factors
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
With the suppression by the military of the popular movement for democracy in the Republic of Sudan the current situation inside the country remains indecisive. | On June 3 the Rapid Security Forces (RSF) backed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) …
globalresearch.ca/sudanese-transitional-process-impeded-domestic-international-factors/5682293

Urban League President Morial: "We Must Not Let Our Guard Down" Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump's Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
Marc Morial | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-01
National Urban League President Marc Morial: "We must not let our guard down" because Supreme Court temporarily blocked Census citizenship question… | Civil rights groups and advocates for a fair census breathed a sigh of relief this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's "contrived" justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. | However, the court did not categorically rule out the addition of a question, should the administration eventually provide sufficient justification. | We must not let down our guard. | We have known from the beginning that the additi…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-house/urban-league-president-morial-%E2%80%9Cwe-must-not-let-our-guard-down

In San José, Japanese Americans Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids
Text: R. Robertson Photos: Wes Chang, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Members of the Japanese American community and allies gathered near the steps of the historic Issei Memorial Building in San José's Japantown on June 27 to say, "Never again is now." | In related video (see link), a protest in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma is interrupted by military police on June 24. The Oklahoma location once held Japanese Americans during WWII without due process and before that it imprisoned Native Americans. Protests in San José and Ft. Sill were demonstrations against the Trump administration plan to reopen Ft. Sill to imprison the children of asylum seekers. | Please credit the photographer: Wes Chan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824288.php

SF PRIDE 2019 "One Job Is Enough!" Unite Here Local 2 & Free Chelsea & Assange
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
At San Francisco PRIDE march and rally on June 30, 2019, Unite Here Local 2 workers and leaders talked about why they support PRIDE and also supporters of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange marched and talked about the jailin of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824321.php

Abortion discrimination in the workplace is illegal says U.S. district court
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
A district court in Louisiana has issued a landmark ruling asserting that abortion discrimination by an employer is illegal and violates women's protections in the workplace. | A yearlong civil rights discrimination case came to a close in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana when U.S. Federal Judge Janis van Meerveld ruled that Nicole Ducharme, a bartender that was fired within 48 hours of having an abortion, was terminated illegally. | Ducharme was a former bartender at the Deja Vu Bar & Grill in New Orleans. She notified her supervisor that she needed time off to terminate her pregn…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/abortion-discrimination-in-the-workplace-is-illegal-says-u-s-district-court/

Facebook to Censor Ads that Discourage People from Voting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-01
The social media giant Facebook Inc. will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. | RELATED: | Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote | According to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's recent blog post, Facebook will put its "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the U.S. elections that are set to take place on No…
telesurenglish.net/news/Facebook-to-Censor-Ads-that-Discourage-People-from-Voting–20190701-0006.html

What's Trending: Black News Weekly
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-07-01
NPR: How Texas Prevented Black Women From Voting Decades After The 19th Amendment In 1918, when she was 25 years old, Christia Adair went door-to-door organizing for women's right to vote in Texas. "This effort was to pass a bill where women would be able to vote like men," Adair remembered later in a 1977 oral …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-weekly-3/

Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back…
thenation.com/article/immigrant-detention-trump-solidarity/

Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php

#NeverAgainIsNow: 36 Arrested As Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Block Road to Migrant Detention Center
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration's immigrant detention centers as "concentration camps" does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-07-01_at_10.50.56_am.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/neveragainisnow-36-arrested-hundreds-jewish-protesters-block-road-migrant-detention?cd-origin=rss

The 'greatest country in the world' can't afford soap for kids — and it's not Sarah Fabian's fault
rt.com | 2019-07-01
A single DOJ lawyer has become a lightning rod for anger over conditions for kids in US border detention facilities — but let's not gloss over the utter absurdity of having debates over soap and toothpaste in 21st century America. | …
rt.com/usa/463159-sarah-fabian-doj-lawyer-obama/

Inside the secret border patrol Facebook group where agents joke about migrant deaths and post sexist memes
A.C. Thompson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them "scum buckets" and "hoes."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/inside-the-secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-where-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-and-post-sexist-memes/

Nationwide 'close the camps' demonstrations announced to protest horrific conditions at Trump detention centers
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/nationwide-close-the-camps-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-horrific-conditions-at-trump-detention-centers/

Ocasio-Cortez Live Tweets 'Horrifying' and 'Dehumanizing' Treatment of Migrants as She Tours US Detention Facilities
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
"We're talking systemic cruelty with a dehumanizing culture that treats them like animals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/congressional-democrats-ocasio-cortez-detention-facilities.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/ocasio-cortez-live-tweets-horrifying-and-dehumanizing-treatment-migrants-she-tours?cd-origin=rss

Border Patrol's Scandalous Facebook Group Exposed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-01
Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. | In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to…
truthdig.com/articles/border-patrols-scandalous-facebook-group-exposed/

Xenophobic and Misogynist Posts in Secret CBP Facebook Group 'Confirm Our Worst Fears' of Agency Culture, Lawmakers Say
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Lawmakers who visited an immigrant detention center near El Paso, Texas on Monday spoke out about revelations of a secret Facebook group in which current and former Border Patrol agents had shared violent and misogynist comments about the members of Congress. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11279297151.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/xenophobic-and-misogynist-posts-secret-cbp-facebook-group-confirm-our-worst-fears?cd-origin=rss

Trump renews threat of mass immigrant raids "sometime after July Fourth"
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The passage of a bill funding immigration detention centers last week, with the support of the Democratic Party, makes the Democrats full partners in the savage repression of immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/immi-j01.html

Jewish activists say 'never again is now' as they shut down US 'concentration camp'
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-07-01
On 30 June, US police arrested over 30 Jewish activists protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in New Jersey. The activists, citing the Holocaust, said " never again…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/01/jewish-activists-say-never-again-is-now-as-they-shut-down-us-concentration-camp/

#CloseTheCamps: National Protests Against Inhumane Detention of Children & Families
Moveon.org, Families Belong Together, others | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Protests around San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and nationwide | Find an event in your area (keep checking back as new events are being added): act.moveon.org/event/close-camps-now_attend/search/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/28/18824274.php

'Trump Is Not Above the Law': New Lawsuit Aims to Defeat Keystone XL
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
As climate scientists on Monday issued a fresh warning about the devastating consequences of continuing to burn and extract fossil fuels, national green groups filed a new federal lawsuit targeting the Trump administration's efforts to force through the long-delayed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-6326101281.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/trump-not-above-law-new-lawsuit-aims-defeat-keystone-xl?cd-origin=rss

Civil Rights Group Denounces New Racist Voter Suppression Law Signed By Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-30
Civil Rights lawyer Kristen Clarke says Florida Governor DeSantis' signing of SB7066 will deny voting opportunities to over 1 million Blacks and Latinos… | The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a statement after Governor DeSantis Friday signed SB 7066 into law on Friday–which undermines Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution. | Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: | "Florida joins a host of states actively working to suppress the rights of voters on the eve of the 2020 election cycle. This…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/elections/civil-rights-group-denounces-new-racist-voter-suppression-law

Abolishing Child Migrant Jails Is the Least We Can Do
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-30
Debating the fate of jailed migrant children is important, but the life-and-death crisis that they have been thrown into demands immediate action.
truthdig.com/articles/abolishing-child-migrant-jails-is-the-least-we-can-do/

"The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-30
Chicago, IL – I've been waiting for this book. I first read an earlier draft of Frank Chapman's memoirs in 2014. I thought then and now that this needed to get published, first and foremost, because the revolutionary movement needs it. As a result of the prison abolition movement, there is a broad awareness of the injustice of mass incarceration, but this book sees the revolutionary side of the misery. | There's a specific section of society which needs this book: those in prison. Chapman relates how becoming a communist led him not into his frustration, but out of it. The book belongs in the genre with the Autob…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/29/damned-don-t-cry-pages-life-black-prisoner-and-organizer

Eddie Africa, MOVE 9 member, released after 40 years
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2019-06-30
MOVE 9 member Edward (Goodman) Africa was released on parole June 21, following prior releases of Debbie, Michael, Janet and Janine Africa. MOVE 9 members Merle and Phil died in prison. From far left: Fred Riley; Carlos Africa; Eddie Africa; his son, Little Eddie; daughter-in-law Sukona; and Raymond Africa Jr. . . . | Continue reading Eddie Africa, MOVE 9 member, released after 40 years at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/30/eddie-africa-move-9-member-released-after-40-years/

'Saving Lives Is Not a Crime': Captain of Refugee Rescue Ship Arrested in Italy, Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-30
"This is clearly one of those examples when legality is a matter of power, and not a matter of justice. She should've been welcomed with honors." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/carola_rackete.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/30/saving-lives-not-crime-captain-refugee-rescue-ship-arrested-italy-faces-10-years?cd-origin=rss

Tiffany Cabán's Candidacy For District Attorney Threatens To Upset Queens Mass Incarceration Exploitation Machine
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-29
Cabán's campaign has some Whites worried about the dismantling of Queens incarceration machine… | Tiffany Cabán's grassroots campaign in the Democratic primary race for Queens District Attorney has her poised to deliver a staggering blow to the borough's racist mass incarceration criminalization machine. | If Cabán can maintain her lead, with some 3,000 votes still to be counted, it could greatly benefit the Black and Latino communities in Queens. Councilman Rory Lancman, told the Black Star News, before he dropped out of the Queens District Attorney race, that…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/politics/tiffany-cab%C3%A1n%E2%80%99s-candidacy-for-district-attorney-threatens-to-upset

Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible
Susan Stryker | thenation.com | 2019-06-29
Stonewall Proved That Resistance Is Always Possible…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-resistance-oppression/

Tech privacy pioneer Ola Bini released after 70 days of extrajudicial detention in Ecuador
Zoe PC | mronline.org | 2019-06-29
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini's request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/28/tech-privacy-pioneer-ola-bini-released-after-70-days-of-extrajudicial-detention-in-ecuador/

My friend is in a prison in Ecuador
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-06-29
Two months ago, the police in Ecuador arrested my friend Ola Bini at Quito airport. Ola was on his way to Japan for a two-week martial arts course. He's a software developer from Sweden who has lived in Ecuador since 2013. Ola is not merely a software developer — to be honest. He is also […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/28/my-friend-is-in-a-prison-in-ecuador/

My friend is in a prison in Ecuador
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-06-29
This article was first published on June 10, 2019 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Two months ago, the police in Ecuador arrested my friend Ola Bini at Quito airport. Ola was on his way to Japan for a two-week martial arts course. He's a software developer from Sweden who has lived in Ecuador since 2013. […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/28/my-friend-is-in-a-prison-in-ecuador/

Smart Ass Cripple: Happy Birthday Olmstead
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2019-06-29
Twenty years ago, a civil rights victory helped disabled people escape institutional life.
progressive.org/dispatches/smart-ass-cripple-happy-birthday-olmstead-ervin-190629/

Smart Ass Cripple: Happy Birthday Olmstead
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2019-06-29
Twenty years ago, a civil rights victory helped disabled people escape institutional life.
progressive.org/dispatches/smart-ass-cripple-happy-birthday-olmstead-ervin-190629/

History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can't Wait Until 2020
Shaun King | commondreams.org | 2019-06-29
The scene outside the U.S. Border Patrol station where lawyers reported that detained migrant children had been held under bad conditions in Clint, Texas, on June 26, 2019. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/immigrant_detention_center.png…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/29/history-has-taught-us-concentration-camps-should-be-liberated-we-cant-wait-until?cd-origin=rss

Nationwide 'Close the Camps' Demonstrations Announced to Protest Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-29
"We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump's racist policies, and we can only do it together." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/close_trump_camps.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/29/nationwide-close-camps-demonstrations-announced-protest-horrific-conditions-trump?cd-origin=rss

Nationwide Demonstrations Announced to Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-29
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
truthout.org/articles/nationwide-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-immigrant-detention-centers/

History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can't Wait Until 2020
Shaun King | theintercept.com | 2019-06-29
Few of us have fully considered what we would do if concentration camps were built and operated in our nation, by our government, on our watch, on our dime.
theintercept.com/2019/06/29/concentration-camps-border-detention/

Video of Obama-appointed lawyer defending the denial of child detainees soap, toothpaste sparks outrage
wsws.org | 2019-06-29
Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian argued that it is legal to deny immigrant children in detention soap, toothpaste, blankets, and a place to sleep for days or weeks on end.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/immi-j29.html

If Elected in 2020, Bernie Sanders Vows First Executive Orders Will 'Reverse Every Single Thing President Trump Has Done to Demonize and Harm Immigrants'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-29
"This is a disgrace," Sanders said in response to a new report on widespread hunger at child detention facilities | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_0.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/29/if-elected-2020-bernie-sanders-vows-first-executive-orders-will-reverse-every-single?cd-origin=rss

Georgia Tried to Ban Abortion, So We Sued
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
Abortion bans place people in danger, and Georgia's is no exception. | Alabama. Arkansas. Kentucky. Ohio. And today, Georgia. That's the list of states where the ACLU has had to go to court over the last few months to challenge laws banning abortion. | The Georgia law bans abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and is in clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. In fact, that is the whole point of the law. Georgia politicians, including Governor Brian Kemp, emboldened by President Trump's appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court, think this is their chance to get the court to take aw…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/georgia-tried-ban-abortion-so-we-sued

Florida Governor Introduces a Poll Tax, Curtailing Amendment 4
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
The law forces returning citizens with criminal records to pay for the right to vote. | On November 6, 2018, nearly 65 percent of Florida voters–more than 5 million people–resoundingly approved Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to over a million of their fellow citizens. By passing Amendment 4, Floridians successfully ushered in the largest expansion of the electorate in nearly 50 years. The people of Florida did it on their own, using a constitutional ballot initiative, to finally achieve change where Florida politicians had failed. | Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida politicians are t…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/voter-restoration/florida-governor-introduces-poll-tax-curtailing-amendment-4

Why the ACLU Is Suing Florida For Its New Poll Tax
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
The law forces returning citizens with criminal records to pay for the right to vote. | On November 6, 2018, nearly 65 percent of Florida voters–more than 5 million people–resoundingly approved Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to over a million of their fellow citizens. By passing Amendment 4, Floridians successfully ushered in the largest expansion of the electorate in nearly 50 years. The people of Florida did it on their own, using a constitutional ballot initiative, to finally achieve change where Florida politicians had failed. | Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida politicians are t…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/voter-restoration/why-aclu-suing-florida-its-new-poll-tax

We are Fighting for Immigrants' Rights. Here's What You Can Do
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
We know that a better future is possible, and we at the ACLU, along with our supporters and allies, are daring to create it. | The images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, who lost their lives trying to seek refuge in the United States, have left us haunted. They serve as an ever-important reminder of the urgency of the fight for immigrant justice on our southern border and the need to stand up to the Trump administration's policies denying humanitarian protection and basic due process to families fleeing for their lives. | We remain at the frontlines of the family separation fight…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/we-are-fighting-immigrants-rights-heres-what-you-can-do