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Jul 12, 2021

Legislators set public redistricting hearings, complete with live-streaming

Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have...

Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have...

Jun 9, 2021

Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof

Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's brutality impossible to ignore.

Still image of a detained man from the video

May 18, 2021

Civil rights complaint filed against Natchez ICE detention center over COVID-19 safety violations

Keisha Rowe | Clarion Ledger | May 18, 2021

NATCHEZ, Miss. - A civil rights and liberties complaint has been filed against the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez after several immigrant rights...

Keisha Rowe | Clarion Ledger | May 18, 2021

NATCHEZ, Miss. - A civil rights and liberties complaint has been filed against the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez after several immigrant rights...

Letter to Investigate Adams County ICE Detention Center

May 17, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Challenge to Roe v. Wade’s ‘Most Central Principle’ on Abortion

Ashton Pittman |Mississippi Free Press| May 17, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week...

Ashton Pittman |Mississippi Free Press| May 17, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week...

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Apr 28, 2021

Close Adams County ICE Facility, Mississippi ACLU Tells Biden, Alleging ‘Torment’

Ashton Pittman |Jackson Free Press| April 28, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. — B.J. splashed toilet water in his eyes. The immigrant man was doing so, he later told attorneys in a statement last fall, because...

Ashton Pittman |Jackson Free Press| April 28, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. — B.J. splashed toilet water in his eyes. The immigrant man was doing so, he later told attorneys in a statement last fall, because...

Apr 21, 2021

ACLU of MS reacts to guilty verdict in George Floyd killing

Troy Johnson |WAPT| April 21, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. —The ACLU of Mississippi is reacting to former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all charges in the murder...

Troy Johnson |WAPT| April 21, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. —The ACLU of Mississippi is reacting to former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all charges in the murder...