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Tag: American Civil Liberties Union

Posted inBlack Experience

Kemba Smith: Black Women Disenfranchised After Leaving Prison

by Erica Johnson, WI Guest Contributor March 31, 2021July 12, 2022

Kemba Smith, prisoner #26370-083, is one of the few African American women to have a prison sentence commuted to time-served by former President Bill Clinton in 2000. However, she knows all too well the pitfalls and shame of being a convicted felon.

Posted inNational

Parents of 545 Migrant Children Separated by Trump Admin Can’t Be Found, Lawyers Say

by WI Guest Author October 21, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy photo
Posted inNational

Federal Prisons Will Reinstate Visits in October

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer September 9, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of NNPA Newswire
Posted inNational

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail

by WI Guest Author June 15, 2020December 21, 2021
A landmark sign of an old debtor's prison in Virginia (Courtesy of Clyde Fitch Report)
Posted inBusiness, Stacy M. Brown

Debtor’s Prison for the Poor is Real in America

by Stacy M. Brown June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

ACLU Requests Body-Cam Footage in Teen’s Death

by WI Guest Author January 23, 2019October 31, 2020
Members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department bicycle unit ride up 15th Street Northwest to greet the protesters carrying a 50-foot inflated marijuana joint down the street. /Photo by Nancy Shia @nancy_shia
Posted inCommunity

Activists Await Court Ruling on Police-Stop Data

by Sam P.K. Collins December 12, 2018October 31, 2020
OneUnited Bank, America's largest Black-owned bank, is "Taking a Knee" for social justice to underscore its commitment to the issue in a partnership with the ACLU and the BMe Community. The initiative includes the commissioning of a painting (pictured), "Last Man Standing," by acclaimed artist Addonis Parker. The effort confirms their support of the controversial "Take a Knee Movement" and continues an eight-week campaign during which the bank will donate to related charities for every account opened now until year's end. (Artwork illustration courtesy of OneUnited Bank)
Posted inBlack Experience, Local Business

OneUnited Bank Unveils ‘Take A Knee’ Campaign

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor December 5, 2018October 31, 2020
Marcus Goodwin (center) and Jeremiah Lowery (right), candidates for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council at a candidate.’s forum hosted by the ACLU and moderated by Denise Rolark Barnes (left), publisher of The Washington Informer, at the First Church of Christ in Northwest on May 30. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPolitics

Candidates’ Forum Centers on Criminal Justice Reform

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 6, 2018October 31, 2020
Students from Thurgood Marshall Academy learn about rights advocacy from ACLU lawyers and keynote speakers during a recent field trip. (Courtesy of TMA)
Posted inLocal

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Rights Advocacy

by WI Webstaff March 7, 2018October 31, 2020

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