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Sep 3, 2020

ACLU of NC Joins Abortion Providers And Reproductive Justice Activists in Challenge to Unnecessary Abortion Restrictions

Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that...

Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that...

PP Filing
PP Filing
Sep 1, 2020

The Law Enforcement Violence Trump Won’t Talk About

Day after day, night after night, protesters have been taking to the streets since the police killing of George Floyd. Led by local Black activists and grassroots groups, they’re chanting, singing, shouting...

Day after day, night after night, protesters have been taking to the streets since the police killing of George Floyd. Led by local Black activists and grassroots groups, they’re chanting, singing, shouting...

Police in Portland wear riot gear and armed with guns as smoke fills the streets.
Police in Portland wear riot gear and armed with guns as smoke fills the streets.
Sep 1, 2020

Chantal Stevens Selected as Executive Director of the ACLU of North Carolina

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina announced the selection of Chantal Stevens, a 20-year veteran of nonprofit leadership and management, as its executive director. Stevens, who has served...

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina announced the selection of Chantal Stevens, a 20-year veteran of nonprofit leadership and management, as its executive director. Stevens, who has served...

Chantalpic
Chantalpic
Aug 25, 2020

The Sound of Eight Shots Fired in Wisconsin Was Heard in North Carolina

The eight bullets fired into the back of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday, August 23, was tragic but it was not surprising. With the growing list of Black Americans who have been killed or wounded by acts...

The eight bullets fired into the back of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday, August 23, was tragic but it was not surprising. With the growing list of Black Americans who have been killed or wounded by acts...

Aug 25, 2020

Hundreds of Thousands of People in Limbo as They Wait for Justice

Every day, nearly 400,000 people in America with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) wake up wondering whether today will bring news of a court ruling that could effectively end their immigration status and...

Every day, nearly 400,000 people in America with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) wake up wondering whether today will bring news of a court ruling that could effectively end their immigration status and...

Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally in support of a program that lets immigrants live and work legally in the United States.
Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally in support of a program that lets immigrants live and work legally in the United States.
Aug 24, 2020

What’s it Like to be in Immigration Lockup During a Pandemic?

In the 1980s, fewer than 2,000 people were locked up in an immigration detention facility on an average day in America. Since then, that number has skyrocketed, quadrupling from 7,475 to 32,985 people...

In the 1980s, fewer than 2,000 people were locked up in an immigration detention facility on an average day in America. Since then, that number has skyrocketed, quadrupling from 7,475 to 32,985 people...

Collage of seven immigrants who share their experiences of being detained during the COVID-19 crisis.
Collage of seven immigrants who share their experiences of being detained during the COVID-19 crisis.