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Jan 05, 2023
Disability Rights Advocates Issue Demand to City of St. Louis to End Discrimination Against Custodial Workers with Disabilities
The ACLU of Missouri and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) issued a formal demand to immediately end the discriminatory practice of misclassifying custodial workers with disabilities at the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri and to make retroactive payments to...
Jan 04, 2023
Missouri ACLU, United Media Guild Formalize First Collective Bargaining Agreement
The ACLU of Missouri and the United Media Guild formally agree to ratify their inaugural collective bargaining agreement. The five-year agreement marks the first union contract for ACLU of Missouri employees, who formed a union with the United Media Guild that was voluntarily recognized by the ACLU
Dec 20, 2022
“Keep Our Families Together”: A Law That Protects Native Families is at Risk
Two Native people share how the Indian Child Welfare Act impacted their lives as the law faces a challenge at the Supreme Court.
Dec 14, 2022
From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency is a Tool For Justice
Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.
Dec 13, 2022
Explaining Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy
North Carolina legislators are asking the court to grant them unfettered power to set rules for voting and elections, without state constitutional limits.
Dec 12, 2022
Federal Judge Rules Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Violated Constituent’s Freedom of Speech
A federal judge ruled after a trial that former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed violated a constituent's free speech rights when blocking her on the social media platform Twitter for making a critical comment.
Dec 06, 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 vote has taken place.
Dec 05, 2022
What the 2022 Midterms Taught Us About Immigration Reform
Immigrants’ rights victories show bipartisan progress is possible.
Dec 03, 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.
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