Posted: Oct 27, 2017
|Category: Discrimination Category: Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Category: Rights of the Poor Category: Open Government Category: Voting Rights
Yesterday a federal court ordered the release of information highlighting that Kris Kobach - the head of President Trump’s “Commission on Election Integrity,” - is dead set on undermining voting rights. Unfortunately, similar attempts to make voting harder are also happening locally.
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Posted: Sep 29, 2017
|Category: Open Government
Yesterday, Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law a bill providing for the release of various state records from the investigation of the 38 Studios scandal.
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Posted: Sep 27, 2017
|Category: Free Speech
A children’s picture book. About real-life penguins. Trying desperately to create a family...is “anti-family” and “unsuitable for the age group.”
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Posted: Sep 26, 2017
|Category: Free Speech
We must stand up for our right to read books that make us laugh, make us cry, or that don’t make us feel much of anything at all. One of my most beloved banned books was one that simply scared me. In fact, it chilled me right to my 6-year-old bones.
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Posted: Sep 25, 2017
|Category: Free Speech
Let’s start with an important question. What’s more dangerous: talking animals, curse words and passages that mention sex OR restricting speech and preventing individuals (in some cases children) from freedom of expression and the ability to freely form thoughts about the world around them? For me it’s the latter.
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Posted: Sep 21, 2017
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Hundreds of bills and countless hours later, on September 19th the General Assembly’s 2017 Legislative Session finally came to a close. Read more about it here.
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Posted: Apr 10, 2017
|Category: Discrimination Category: Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Category: Rights of the Poor Category: Due Process Category: Fair Administration of Justice Category: Open Government Category: Police Practices Category: The "War on Drugs"
The ACLU of RI is proud to testify today in support of the Community Safety Act. The comprehensive ordinance was spearheaded by the STEP Up Coalition to ban racial profiling and other discriminatory practices by Providence law enforcement.
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Posted: Mar 22, 2017
|Category: Discrimination Category: Gender Discrimination Category: LGBT Rights Category: Youth Rights
Legislative regulation of conversion therapy is problematic because of its potential civil liberties impact far beyond its designated intent. Regulation of this misguided and potentially harmful therapy is better left to the professional disciplinary process.
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Posted: Mar 21, 2017
|Category: Rights of Candidates Category: Voting Rights
Our right to vote means little if the government imposes undue restrictions on who can run for office. Lately, we’ve witnessed a troubling trend to this effect.
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Posted: Mar 19, 2017
|Category: Rights of Candidates Category: Voting Rights
The ACLU of RI's view on why legislation barring candidates who owe campaign fines from running for office should be rejected.
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