Jun 16, 2023
NYCLU, ACLU Sue New York State Department of Labor for Withholding Records on Automated Identity-Verification Tools
NEW YORK — Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) for not providing...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Jun 15, 2023
ACLU Applauds the Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today issued a landmark victory for tribal sovereignty by rejecting all the constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), legis...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
May 25, 2023
ACLU Acknowledges Improvements to DOJ Racial Profiling Policy, But Says Far More is Needed
On Anniversary of President Biden’s Policing Executive Order, ACLU Disappointed by Administration’s Failure to Fully Ban Discriminatory Profiling
May 22, 2023
May 18, 2023
ACLU Applauds EEOC’s Guidance for Assessing Automated Systems Used in Employment Decisions
WASHINGTON — Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artifici...
May 16, 2023
ACLU Seeks Contempt Order Against Phoenix over Recent Encampment Sweep
PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Arizona are asking a judge to find the city of Phoenix in contempt of a court order that prohibits it from violati...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
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