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Sep 11, 2012

Why does the ACLU care about saggy pants?

ACLU TO PROTEST SAGGY PANTS BAN- the headlines proclaimed! When the Hinds County Board of Supervisors considered banning saggy pants in public, the ACLU-MS opposed the ban and organized a protest. Our...

ACLU TO PROTEST SAGGY PANTS BAN- the headlines proclaimed! When the Hinds County Board of Supervisors considered banning saggy pants in public, the ACLU-MS opposed the ban and organized a protest. Our...

Dec 8, 2011

My name is Ceara Sturgis, and I am not a troublemaker

Let me explain. I’m a graduate of Wesson Attendance Center Class of 2010. I loved my high school. I had great friends, I got good grades, I played soccer and was in the band, and I got along well with my...

Let me explain. I’m a graduate of Wesson Attendance Center Class of 2010. I loved my high school. I had great friends, I got good grades, I played soccer and was in the band, and I got along well with my...

Nov 11, 2011

Reality Check

Criminal Justice Reform

By Nsombi Lambright, ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director

Tuesday was a very emotional day for me.  I began my work that day by voting.  I always measure voter turnout (and potential problems) by...

By Nsombi Lambright, ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director

Tuesday was a very emotional day for me.  I began my work that day by voting.  I always measure voter turnout (and potential problems) by...

Nov 10, 2011

Message From Mississippi: Trust Women, And Leave Our Families Alone.

Posted by Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Reproductive Freedom Project

The people have spoken: Twice in South Dakota; twice in Colorado and now in Mississippi. Red state, blue state — it doesn’t make a...

Posted by Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Reproductive Freedom Project

The people have spoken: Twice in South Dakota; twice in Colorado and now in Mississippi. Red state, blue state — it doesn’t make a...

Sep 30, 2011

Will You Stop A Bullet?

By Nancy Kohsin-Kintigh

I have worked to protect the rights of women across the country for nearly 20 years.  As an organizer for a national women’s rights organization, I traveled around the country...

By Nancy Kohsin-Kintigh

I have worked to protect the rights of women across the country for nearly 20 years.  As an organizer for a national women’s rights organization, I traveled around the country...

Sep 21, 2011

Wear That Dress Or Else!

That’s basically what a high school principal told Ceara Sturgis at the start of her...

That’s basically what a high school principal told Ceara Sturgis at the start of her...