Students suspended for posting gun photos on Snapchat file free-speech suit
SnapChat photos of guns on a table got 2 students suspended. We're suing.
ACLU-NJ Responds to Release of 2018 Criminal Justice Reform Full-Year Report
Two years of data demonstrates that criminal justice reform has improved New Jerseyans' lives and rights.
Advocates Redouble Legalization Efforts After Pulled Marijuana Vote
With the withdrawal of the marijuana legalization vote, advocates redoubled efforts to pass a legalization bill to advance racial and social justice.
NJ’s Latest Cannabis Bill Advances Justice, ACLU-NJ Says
NJ's marijuana legalization bill acknowledges the human wreckage of the drug war and makes a good-faith effort to reverse the damage.
Law Signed to Require Independent Investigations of Deaths from Police Force
NJ's law provides an important check on the police's immense power.
A $15 Minimum Wage Brings NJ Closer to Economic Justice
People face discrimination & criminalization for being poor. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue)
Post-State of the State, ACLU-NJ Urges Action on Marijuana, Licenses, Independent Prosecutors & Voting Rights
Following Gov. Murphy's State of the State, ACLU-NJ sounded the call for marijuana legalization, licenses, independent prosecutions & voting rights expansion.
City's anti-panhandling ordinance unlawfully targets NJ's vulnerable
City’s discriminatory ordinance unlawfully targets some of New Jersey’s most vulnerable people, ACLU-NJ & Coalition to End Homelessness say.
Court Strikes Down Graduation Testing Rules for NJ High Schoolers
Appellate panel rejects NJ's rules requiring PARCC tests to graduate.
Shelving of Redistricting Vote is a Victory for Democracy
NJ advocates across the spectrum showed the power of the people.
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