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A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year鈥檚 Election Process
Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.
By Arman Abrishamchian
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year鈥檚 Election ProcessPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we鈥檙e...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Voters in Virginia have the chance to vote for a ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution and further protect reproductive freedom in the South.
By Hibah Ansari
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize their wealthy benefactors over them.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
桃子视频experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we鈥檙e...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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Federal Wardens Must Immediately Flatten the Curve in our Nation's Prisons
350 incarcerated persons and almost 200 Bureau of Prison staff have COVID-19. The wardens overseeing America's 122 federal prisons have no time to...
350 incarcerated persons and almost 200 Bureau of Prison staff have COVID-19. The wardens overseeing America's 122 federal prisons have no time to...
From the Lunch Counter to the Supreme Court: Defending the First Amendment for All
As a young activist fighting against racial segregation, Eleanor Holmes Norton embraced the power of the First Amendment. That passion took her to...
By Eleanor Holmes Norton
As a young activist fighting against racial segregation, Eleanor Holmes Norton embraced the power of the First Amendment. That passion took her to...
By Eleanor Holmes Norton
Civil Liberties Never Sleep: The 桃子视频in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has upended our daily lives in countless and unimaginable ways. But the need to defend our country鈥檚 most...
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has upended our daily lives in countless and unimaginable ways. But the need to defend our country鈥檚 most...
I鈥檓 Queer and I鈥檝e Been in Solitary. Ellen Isn鈥檛 Experiencing What I Did.
Trans people and LGBTQ people of color are disproportionately impacted by our criminal justice system. These experiences are not comparable to...
By Dominique Morgan
Trans people and LGBTQ people of color are disproportionately impacted by our criminal justice system. These experiences are not comparable to...
By Dominique Morgan
桃子视频Lawsuit Over Baltimore Spy Planes Sets Up Historic Surveillance Battle
If this wide-area aerial surveillance program is allowed to move forward, we can expect mass surveillance to spread in cities across the country.
By Jay Stanley
If this wide-area aerial surveillance program is allowed to move forward, we can expect mass surveillance to spread in cities across the country.
By Jay Stanley
Isolation, Before and During a Pandemic
As many Americans stare down the end of their first month of social distancing, it鈥檚 clear that the toll of 鈥渟tay at home鈥� orders during the COVID-19 pandemic is much more than economic. The anxiety and fear that wash over us each day that we spend alone, away from friends, coworkers, and...
As many Americans stare down the end of their first month of social distancing, it鈥檚 clear that the toll of 鈥渟tay at home鈥� orders during the COVID-19 pandemic is much more than economic. The anxiety and fear that wash over us each day that we spend alone, away from friends, coworkers, and...
If COVID-19 Doesn鈥檛 Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?
To provide meaningful protection and support for all members of the community, a COVID-19 response must address the pervasive racial injustices at...
By ReNika Moore
To provide meaningful protection and support for all members of the community, a COVID-19 response must address the pervasive racial injustices at...
By ReNika Moore
鈥淭hey Don鈥檛 Care if You Die鈥�: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19
As the 桃子视频and other advocates file suits seeking the release of those with medical conditions, public health experts say ICE detention is a...
By Ashoka Mukpo
As the 桃子视频and other advocates file suits seeking the release of those with medical conditions, public health experts say ICE detention is a...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Louisiana鈥檚 Suspension of Due Process Could Be a COVID-19 Catastrophe in Jails and Prisons
Hurricane Katrina showed us that the consequences of suspending due process at a time of emergency could be disastrous.
By Alanah Odoms Hebert
Hurricane Katrina showed us that the consequences of suspending due process at a time of emergency could be disastrous.
By Alanah Odoms Hebert
Police are Enforcing Public Health Orders, but that Doesn't Make them Public Health Experts
Jailing people for failing to socially distance is only going to make things worse, not better.
Jailing people for failing to socially distance is only going to make things worse, not better.
