News & Commentary
FOIA Documents Show FBI Was Watching Occupy Protestors, Some Docs Still Secret on National Security Grounds
Just shy of the one-year anniversary of the inaugural Occupy Wall Street protests, the ACLU of Northern California obtained initial documents from the FBI about surveillance of Occupy demonstrations in the region (see the FBI’s response here).
U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Law Strikes Down Three Key Parts of the Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 25, 2012 Little
Spanish language resources on US Supreme Court decision on Arizona Immigration Law
http://www.miaclu.org/ is now updated with a Spanish language press release on the home page and at this link:http://www.miaclu.org/en/unidos/la-aclu-anuncia-una-campa%C3%B1-nacional-para-detener-la-sb-1070-y-leyes-similares-en-respuesta--0Also, Andre Segura's Spanish know your rights video is also on the home page:http://www.miaclu.org/en/unidos/video-de-conozca-sus-derechos-sb1070-y-el-tribunal-supremo
ACLU Demands That Two Public School Districts in Little Rock Stop Censoring LGBT Websites
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ACLU of Arkansas Lauds Valley View School District Decision Not to Ban Book, The Kite Runner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 3, 2012Little Rock, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas is praising Monday night's decision by the Valley View School Board in Jonesboro, Arkansas to keep the book, The Kite Runner in the 12th grade English curriculum. A substitute teacher had tried unsuccessfully to have the book removed from the classroom on the basis that it contained a homosexual rape scene, profanity, content pertaining to Islamic belief, and lacked Biblical views.
Arkansas Cradle-to-Prison-Pipeline Summit
On Thursday, keynote speaker Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald, Children's Defense Funds Southern Regional Office director, spoke during the opening session of the Arkansas Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Summit.
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