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Dec 6, 2022

Missouri ACLU Sues Independence School District to End Automatic Book Removal Policy and Protect Students’ First Amendment Rights

The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the Independence School District to end its policy of automatically removing library materials, including books, after receiving a challenge before any review or...

Dec 5, 2022

What the 2022 Midterms Taught Us About Immigration Reform

Immigrants’ rights victories show bipartisan progress is possible.

A group of immigration reform demonstrators with a sign that says "Immigration Reform Now."

Dec 3, 2022

ACLU of Missouri's comment in opposition to the Secretary of State’s proposed censorship rule 15 CSR 30-200.015

We, as Missourians, should find it unacceptable that state funding is being wielded as a tool to provoke and encourage censorship. The ACLU of Missouri stands with libraries and our librarians.

Dec 2, 2022

I’m Proud of My Transgender Son. The Health Care He Needs Shouldn’t Be Up for Debate.

Gender-affirming care helped my son become the happy, healthy, confident guy he is today.

Nov 29, 2022

ACLU Statement on Execution of Kevin Johnson, Jr.

Missouri officials executed Kevin Johnson, Jr. this evening by lethal injection, despite evidence of pervasive racial bias in his prosecution.

Nov 28, 2022

Missouri is Trying to Bar Me From My Father’s Execution. Governor Parson Must Intervene.

My father Kevin Johnson, Jr. was sentenced to death for a crime committed at 19 years old, but the state is preventing me from attending his execution because I am that very age.