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JOPLIN, Mo. – The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit today against the city of Joplin for violating the First Amendment rights of a man panhandling to survive.

Statement attributable to ACLU of Missouri Legal Director Tony Rothert

Mexico, Mo. -- A circuit court decision on Tuesday will finally allow a grieving mother to end her decade-long quest to gain a full picture of her adult daughter’s life immediately before her suspicious death in 2008.

Before he sued the Blue Springs School District for violating his rights, R.M.A. did things many teenage boys do: He ran track. He played football.

Secretary of State, Department of Revenue in Knowing Violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993

The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against the city of Wentzville for violating a person’s freedom of speech when she was removed from a public board of aldermen meeting by order of the mayor after she raised concerns about a recently installed “In God We Trust" sign.

The ACLU of Missouri has brought on Jay-Marie Hill of Music Freedom Dreams to launch its Transgender Education and Advocacy Program in Missouri.

It's election time for the ACLU of Missouri.

I’m motivated by fighting from and for the margins because that is where we confront what we don’t want to see about ourselves. We must remember not only listen to but to elevate the voices of the people who have been backed into these corners. This is when we are able to really turn the corner.