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Beyond Pride: Black Trans Lives Matter
Since 1970, the LGBTQ community and our allies have marked June as LGBTQ Pride Month, in honor of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. 51 years after Stonewall, a protest that was begun by Black and Brown transgender women like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the community returned to its roots for this Pride month. LGBTQ people across this nation have risked their own personal health to take to the streets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. We have joined with individuals of all backgrounds to demand an end to systemic racism, white supremacy, and police brutality.
By Carmarion D. Anderson, Alabama State Director, Human Rights Campaign (HRC)'s Project One America
Defunding the Police is about Community Safety
Since George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin nearly three weeks ago, the topic of policing in America has surged, once again, to the forefront of our conversation, newsfeeds, and televisions.
By Dillon Nettles
Know Your Rights: Protesting Police Brutality
The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy and enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people across the country have taken to the streets to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality and systematic racism against Black people.Especially in the time of COVID-19, it’s important to know your rights and stay safe while protesting. In this video taken over the weekend at a protest in Brooklyn, New York, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney for the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project, shares important information on how to protect yourself and others while protesting – and what rights you have when interacting with police.
New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us
Udi Ofer, Former Director, Justice Division, ACLU National Political and Advocacy Department
Defying Medical Experts, Lawmakers are Weaponizing COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion Access
Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter, ACLU
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By Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter
If COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?
ReNika Moore, Director, ACLU's Racial Justice Program
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By ReNika Moore, Director of Racial Justice Project
Those “Free” Remote Learning Apps Have a High Cost: Your Student’s Privacy
Chad Marlow, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU
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By Chad Marlow, Senior Advocacy and Policy Counsel
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