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Criminal Justice

A Call to Amend the Ohio Rules of Juvenile Procedure to Protect the Right to Counsel (3/9/2006)

ACLU REPORT: DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONFINEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (6/2/2003)

DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONFINEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS: Executive Summary (6/2/2003)



Death Penalty

Race and the Death Penalty (2/26/2003)

DNA Testing and the Death Penalty (6/26/2002)

Geography Determines Death Sentences (3/8/2002)



Disability Rights

Disability Rights - ACLU Position/Briefing Paper (1/1/1999)



Drug Policy

Cracks in the System: 20 Years of the Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Law (10/26/2006)

Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No (1/12/2006)

Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families (3/15/2005)



Free Speech

NYCLU Report: Arresting Protest (4/28/2003)

Freedom of Expression - ACLU Position Paper (1/2/1997)



HIV/AIDS

Why You Should Be Concerned About Comm. Frieden's Proposed Changes to HIV Testing (5/15/2006)

HIV & Your Civil Rights brochure (5/8/2006)

HIV & Your Civil Rights Report (5/8/2006)



Human Rights

2004 ACLU International Civil Liberties Report (12/10/2004)

The International Civil Liberties Report 2002 (1/31/2003)



Immigrants' Rights

Conditions of Confinement in Immigrant Detention Facilities (6/27/2007)

ACCESO A LA JUSTICIA -- ACCESO A LAS CORTES Y LA IMPORTANCIA DEL DERECHO DE APELACIÓN (3/31/2004)

ACCESO A LA JUSTICIA -- ACCESO A LAS CORTES Y LA IMPORTANCIA DEL DERECHO DE APELACIÓN (3/31/2004)



Lesbian & Gay Rights

Annual Update - 2003 (5/2/2003)

Why We're Asking Courts and Legislatures for Transgender Equality (1/1/2003)

The Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People (1/4/1999)




Police Practices

Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual (12/1/1997)



Prisoners' Rights

Prisoners' Assistance Directory (2008) (1/1/2008)

Prisoner's Assistance Directory (Fall/Winter 2007) (11/15/2007)

Broken Promises: Two Years After Katrina (8/20/2007)



Privacy & Technology

AT&T Shareholder Resolution on NSA Spying (1/17/2007)

ACLU Backgrounder on ATS (1/10/2007)

Executive Summary: Science Under Siege (6/20/2005)



Racial Justice

Rhode Island Racial Profiling Report (5/11/2005)

Flawed Enforcement report (5/19/2004)

Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs in the Governor's Office (8/12/2003)




Reproductive Freedom

How public health professionals are getting involved to ensure that teens have access to the information they need to make healthy and responsible decisions (11/12/2007)

Ms. Magazine Advertisement: The World We Want (7/31/2007)

After NYCLU Intervention, County Drops Neglect Charges Against Sexually Active Teens' Parents (6/11/2007)



Rights of the Poor

Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in New Jersey (10/24/2005)



Safe and Free

Close Guantanamo - Activist Toolkit (12/11/2007)

The Excluded: Ideological Exclusion and the War on Ideas (10/25/2007)

History Repeated: The Dangers of Domestic Spying by Federal Law Enforcement (5/29/2007)




Voting Rights

Breaking Barriers to the Ballot Box - Felon Enfranchisement Toolkit (1/25/2008)

Out of Step With the World (5/25/2006)

Letter to Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer (3/10/2006)



Women's Rights

Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff (3/7/2006)

Aryeh Neier: Reflections on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Leadership of the ACLU Women’s Rights (3/2/2006)

Tribute: The Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (3/2/2006)


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