Apr 20, 2023
Judge Issues Opinion Allowing Indian Education Case on Behalf of Montana Students and Tribes to Proceed
Students and Tribes will get to prove their allegations that state agencies are not abiding by constitutional and statutory Indian Education mandates
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Mar 20, 2023
ACLU Warns Classical Charter Schools that Short Hair Rule for Boys Discriminates Against Native American Students
LELAND, N.C. — According to a warning letter issued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of North Carolina, officials at Classical Charter Schools of Leland appeare...
Mar 17, 2023
ACLU Applauds Reinstatement of HUD Rule Strengthening Protection from Housing Discrimination
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union applauded a final rule from the Department of Housing and Urban Development reinstating longstanding standards for challenging hou...
Feb 23, 2023
Fourth Circuit Rules that South Carolina Laws Allowing School Students to be Criminally Charged Were Unconstitutional
RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that a pair of South Carolina laws that allowed elementary and secondary school students to be c...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Court case: CYAP v. Wilson
Feb 16, 2023
ACLU Statement on Biden’s Executive Order Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities
WASHINGTON — Today, the White House released the Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government Executive Order. The Ameri...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Jan 19, 2023
ACLU Applauds Release of Proposed HUD Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 19, 2023 CONTACTGillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org WASHINGTON — Today the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a ...
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