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JACKSON, Miss - ACLU of Mississippi announced today the launch of a new 8-episode podcast series called For All. Hosted by ACLU of Mississippi's Candace Coleman, this podcast offers lessons for every Mississippian on how to build power for all people.
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JACKSON, Miss - Mississippi's redistricting process is underway with statewide hearings being held this month. The ACLU of Mississippi released a report today outlining the ways in which legislators have racially and politically gerrymandered Mississippi's legislative distri
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JACKSON, Miss - The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi welcomes staff attorney McKenna Raney-Gray, who will coordinate the organization's newest effort to protect the rights of LGBTQ Mississippians.
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MISSISSIPPI - The ACLU of Mississippi sent a letter today to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director Diane L. Witte demanding that she provide vaccine access to the immigrants detained at the Adams County Detention Center.
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The Supreme Court announced today it would hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the Center for Reproductive Rights is challenging a ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Mississippi - This week, a growing coalition of Mississippi doctors, nurses, patients, small business owners, non-profit organizations, health advocates, and hospitals launched a statewide campaign to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot.