UConn ACLU

05/27/2020

05/17/2016

A year ago, the ACLU asked the federal government to investigate the lack of female directors in Hollywood. The ACLU stated that the investigation was well under way, and additional reports of gender discrimination in Hollywood are coming to the surface this week.

"Iron Man 3" director claims movie villain's gender was switched from female to male over fears of poor toy sales

05/13/2016

"There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their s*x" -Attorney General Loretta Lynch

The letter to school districts does not have the force of law. But it contains an implicit threat of possible lawsuits or a loss of federal aid.

05/01/2016

Ruling makes appeals court the highest in the country to weigh in on the fight for access to restrooms, locker rooms and other spaces segregated by gender

04/10/2016

What is Mossack Fonseca, how big is it, and who uses offshore firms? Key questions about one of the biggest ever data leaks

04/09/2016

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04/09/2016

Here is a list of a few things Congress could do with $124 billion a year.

04/05/2016

Is the NYPD making bamboozle arrests? Study quantifies how racial bias wastes tax dollars while Black, Latino teens get disproportionately pinched for ma*****na arrests.

04/02/2016

Civil Forfeiture laws allow police to seize property, including cars, cash, and even houses without ever needing to convict you of any crime. Unsurprisingly, these laws disproportionally affect low-income individuals and people of color.

The Justice Department just restarted a controversial asset forfeiture program—in part to fund local police departments—which critics say unfairly targets poor people and minorities.

04/01/2016

"We shouldn’t be running the student loan program to create profits for private companies. We should run it for students”

"It's long past time for the Department of Education's bank to clean up its act and start running the student loan program to benefit students—not private companies," declared Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the floor of the U.S.

04/01/2016

This is absolutely horrifying. It just shows that the war on planned parenthood and access to abortion isn't about "saving children" but about controlling women.

Taylor Mahaffey’s baby started emerging from her womb at 20 weeks—and because of Texas’s fetal pain law, all the hospital could do was send her home.