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As the leading civil rights organization in the Grand Canyon State, we at the ACLU of Arizona believe it is our duty to keep the public informed about the state of their civil liberties. The work we do at the legislature, in the courts, and in our communities is important, but there is no better defender of civil rights than a public that is informed and engaged.

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Apr 19, 2018

Don’t let school officials mislead you. Students have the right to make political statements and protest.

Following the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students across the nation have come together to fight for gun reform. They have decided they can no longer sit still while reform efforts fail and...

By Case Smith

Apr 10, 2018

I was almost part of the school-to-prison pipeline. Now I’m helping people understand the problem with a new play, The 100th Day.

In partnership with the Demand to Learn campaign, Rising Youth Theatre created The 100th Day, an original theatre production. This collaboration highlights the injustice and discrimination within Arizona’s...

By Paula Ortega

Mar 28, 2018

Elected Prosecutor Barbara LaWall asks us to “cease and desist” from talking about her support for a bill that would throw drug addicts into prison. Here’s why we won’t.

Arizona does not need more mandatory minimum sentences. We need a system that values treatment and prevention, as well as flexibility for judges to determine individualized sentences when incarceration is...

By Jared Keenan

Mar 16, 2018

To help rid our criminal justice system of racial bias, the Arizona Supreme Court should use the Arizona Constitution to end discriminatory jury selection

Racial bias plagues our criminal justice system. That is why yesterday, with the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, we...

By Jared Keenan

Racial bias plagues our criminal justice system. That is why yesterday, with the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, we...

By Jared Keenan

Mar 15, 2018

Arizona must revise its birth certificates to respect all families

When a child is born in Arizona, their vital records should reflect--and respect--the reality of the family they are born into. Right now, that's not the case. We hear far too often from LGBTQ parents who...

Mar 13, 2018

The Arizona Charter Board is not protecting Arizona families. So we’re going straight to schools.

When the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools cancelled its monthly meeting “due to no requests for Board consideration,” education advocates and parents like me decided to hold our own public meeting...

By Jacque Salomon

March 12 Arizona Charter Board Meeting - Demand2Learn