66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

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

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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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Do you Dare to Dissent?

Dare To Dissent mural in downtown Raleigh featuring iconic protests

North Carolina’s Rewrite of HB2 Is Nothing More Than a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

HB 142 still enshrines discrimination against trans people into state law.

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A major victory for religious liberty in Rowan County and beyond

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled with a decisive majority that Rowan County’s commissioners violated the Constitution when they routinely opened public meetings by coercing public participation in prayers that overwhelmingly advanced beliefs specific to one religion.

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Huge win for juvenile justice, a setback for LGBTQ equality, and everything in between at the General Assembly

The ACLU of North Carolina monitored and advocated for or against more than 160 bills concerning civil rights and civil liberties at the General Assembly this year. Here is a high-level look at what passed and what didn’t, and what the ACLU-NC and our partners were able to accomplish.

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Victory for North Carolina's youth: We finally "raised the age!"

No longer will a young person who makes one bad decision and is charged with even the most minor offense — like stealing a candy bar — be housed in an adult jail nor saddled with the consequences of a lifelong criminal record.

Raise the Age North Carolina

Supreme Court's Decision Maintains Ruling that Discrimination Has No Place at the Polls

Almost four years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenged VIVA, described by one expert as “the most sweeping anti-voter law in at least decades.” The Supreme Court announced today that it would not review that law.

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