The ACLU's Vision to Achieve True Public Safety
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February 17, 2022
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Your Guide to Talking About Attacks on Trans Youth
Misinformation is fueling an attack on trans youth in state legislatures. These attacks overwhelmingly focus on youth and schools, and they will only make it harder for kids to grow up at all and make it harder to access the support, education, and community that all young people deserve.
February 17, 2022
The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in the territories are “alien races” composing “savage tribes”?
February 10, 2022
Making Space for Black History in the Classroom
Black history is important for all students because most of the things that happened in history are still happening today. We think of slavery as a thing of the past, but mass incarceration and its gateway, the school to prison pipeline, are the new slavery. I teach my students about these issues...
Three Key Problems with the Government’s Use of a Flawed Facial Recognition Service
Last week, news that the IRS has started requiring people who want to set up an account to go through a private company called ID.me created an uproar. What it means is that when dealing with the IRS you may be forced to run a time-consuming, inaccessible, and privacy-invasive gauntlet in the name..
Bring Black History Home, Every Day.
Every day, there is a Black history that can and should be honored and commemorated.
February 1, 2022