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Criminal Justice

A Looming Crisis (12/18/2008)

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)



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

Critical Civil Rights Issues for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the United States (12/1/2008)

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)



Human Rights

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

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



Immigrants' Rights

Immigration Myths and Facts (4/11/2008)

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)



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

De Facto Disenfranchisement (10/1/2008)

Voting With a Criminal Record: How Registration Forms Frustrate Democracy (10/1/2008)

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



Women's Rights

Timeline of Major Supreme Court Decisions on Women's Rights (10/25/2007)

Venus and Mars in Separate Classrooms? (6/1/2007)

A Blueprint for Meeting the Needs of Girls in TYC Custody (5/24/2007)


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