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JACKSON, Miss - Today, several civil rights organizations submitted a complaint to the Mississippi Ethics Commission, stating the Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by deliberating, making decisions and conducting...
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Today the Supreme Court of the United States heard 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. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi has issued...
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JACKSON, Miss - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, League of Women Voters of Mississippi, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Southern Echo, Inc., One Voice, Mississippi Center for Justice, Mississippi Votes...
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JACKSON, Miss. - Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on November 20th that honors the memory of transgender individuals who were victims of anti-transgender violence. It also serves as a day of awareness to the hate crimes endured by transgender individuals.
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HORN LAKE, Miss. – Horn Lake officials unlawfully denied zoning approval for a proposed mosque due to anti-Muslim bias, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, and Simpson Thacher...
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JACKSON, Miss - A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom has made its way to Mississippi. A recent report by a conservative think-tank seeks to erase America’s complex and painful history of racism and oppression from Mississippi classrooms.