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A Routine Immigration Check-In Shouldn’t End in ICE Detention

“S” should have been preparing to begin his senior year of high school. Instead, the 18-year-old spent part of his summer in an immigration detention center in Georgia.

The University of North Carolina Continues to Defend Its Right to Discriminate Against the Trans Community

After two years of being attacked by their very own state government, trans North Carolinians are moving closer to obtaining partial victory.
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The University of North Carolina Continues to Defend Its Right to Discriminate Against the Trans Community

After two years of being attacked by their very own state government, trans North Carolinians are moving closer to obtaining partial victory.

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Court Settlement Would Be Step Forward for Trans North Carolinians -- But the Fight Continues

Under a proposed consent decree, or legal agreement, North Carolina would finally affirm the right of transgender people to use facilities that match their gender.

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Justice For All: Celebrating Champions of Liberty at our Annual Awards Dinner

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Illegal gerrymandering, voter suppression, and now rigging the courts

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Yes, you have the right to #TakeAKnee. No, schools cannot force you to stand.

Protest is all-American. Take a knee.

Rowan County Commissioners Vote to Appeal Coercive Prayer Case to the U.S. Supreme Court

Rowan County commissioners voted unanimously to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that found that the commissioners violated the Constitution when they opened public meetings by coercing public participation in prayers that overwhelmingly advanced one religion.

By Mike Meno

Rowan County, prayer, ACLU

Trump Administration Will End Protections for Tens of Thousands of North Carolina Dreamers

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Voter suppression is white supremacy

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We Must Remove Shrines to White Supremacy

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