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.

The Results Are In: North Carolina’s Law to Drug Test Work First Applicants is a Costly and Mean-Spirited Waste of Time

Early results of a new law that allows North Carolina to drug test people who apply for a program that provides temporary assistance to needy families confirm what the ACLU-NC and others argued at the time of the bill’s passage: it is a wasteful and unnecessary government invasion of privacy.
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The Results Are In: North Carolina’s Law to Drug Test Work First Applicants is a Costly and Mean-Spirited Waste of Time

Early results of a new law that allows North Carolina to drug test people who apply for a program that provides temporary assistance to needy families confirm what the ACLU-NC and others argued at the time of the bill’s passage: it is a wasteful and unnecessary government invasion of privacy.

By Mike Meno

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2016 Paul Green Award Recipient: Darryl Hunt

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2016 Sharon Thompson Award Recipient: Southerners on New Ground

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ACLU-NC Wins Victory for a Pregnant Worker and Her Family

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ACLU Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho to Keynote ACLU-NC's April 2 Liberty Awards Dinner

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ACLU Brief: Keep Local Government Meetings Open and Welcoming to People of All Beliefs

The Rowan County Commissioners have conducted their public meetings in a way that has not only made many residents feel unwelcome and unequal but has also coerced those in attendance to take part in prayers that do not comport with their personal religious beliefs.

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One Year After Marriage Equality in NC

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Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Alamance Sheriff Far From Over

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it would appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss charges of discriminatory profiling and other civil rights abuses filed against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson

By Mike Meno

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North Carolina Appeals Court Strikes Blow to Privacy Rights

By Mike Meno

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