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Dec 21, 2020
Activist Academy: Jan. 6, 2021
Year after year, issues that matter most to South Dakotans have been ignored as some legislators introduce and support bills that seem fixated on the incorrect notion that our friends and neighbors are not entitled to the same dignity and respect as others.
By Jett Jonelis
Dec 18, 2020
The Winner of the 2020 Election: Drug Legalization
As we approach the 50-year anniversary of the war on drugs, this November's election indicates the electorate wants it to end.
Dec 14, 2020
TAKE ACTION: ASK GOV. NOEM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID IN PRISONS
Send your note today and urge state officials to protect the lives of incarcerated people and their families.
Dec 10, 2020
The Biden Administration’s Disability Rights To-Do List
Vania Leveille, Senior Legislative Counsel, Women’s Rights/Disability Rights, ACLU National Political Advocacy Department
Dec 04, 2020
The Biden Administration Can Make Us All Safer: End ICE Collaboration Programs
Naureen Shah, Senior Legislative Counsel and Advisor
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Dec 03, 2020
The Trump Administration Thinks COVID-19 Is No Longer a Risk to Abortion Patients
Julia Kaye, Senior Staff Attorney, Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU
The Trump adm
Dec 02, 2020
The U.S. Government Is Secretly Using Cell Phone Location Data to Track Us. We’re Suing.
Nathan Freed Wessler, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
The federal g
Nov 20, 2020
New Court, New President: What’s Next for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
As of now, we know the status of two of the three branches of the federal government. We have President-elect Joe Biden in the executive, and an even more conservative majority in the Supreme Court with the appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The future of Congress is still unknown as we await the results of two runoffs in Georgia that could hand control of the Senate to either party.
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