Thrive New Jersey Coalition Launches Campaign for Reproductive Freedom Act
Health care providers, advocates and allies urge swift passage amid nationwide abortion access crisis.
ACLU-NJ Provides Recommendations on Jury Selection in NJ, Calls for Systemic Changes to Address Impact of Racial Bias
The ACLU-NJ submitted comments to the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection, calling for significant changes to root out racial bias in the jury selection process so it can be more inclusive and reflective of New Jersey communities.
Rights are Not Enough — We Must Advance Equity by Removing Barriers to Reproductive Health Care
As the New Jersey State legislature goes back into session this morning, more than 75 New Jersey based organizations have signed on to a statement declaring their support for the Reproductive Freedom Act urging lawmakers to take action and pass the bill in its entirety before the close of the current legislative session.
ACLU-NJ Announces Formation of New Jersey Communities for Accountable Policing, a Statewide Grassroots Coalition
New Jersey Communities for Accountable Policing (NJ-CAP) is working to place power with communities, not police, and includes more than a dozen advocacy groups from around the state
Report: New Jersey Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prisons are Worst in the Nation
New report From The Sentencing Project shows Black residents in New Jersey are incarcerated at a rate over twelve times that of whites, higher than the national average.
ACLU-NJ Files Brief in Case Defending Protesters Subjected to Unconstitutional Restraining Order Outside County Executive’s House
Hudson County officials sought court order to suppress speech by peaceful demonstrators against the county’s immigration detention contract, and now seek permanent restrictions on protest
ACLU-NJ Attorney Karen Thompson Recognized as Attorney of the Year from NJ Law Journal
Committed Advocate for Social Justice, Who Has Brought Pioneering Cases for Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Reform, Receives the New Jersey Law Journal’s highest honor
Q&A: An Interview with ACLU-NJ Attorney Karen Thompson
ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson reflects on justice, accountability, and systemic racism. Get to know Karen and her work - past, present, and future.
New Jersey's Steps Toward Justice in Policing, a Year After George Floyd's Murder
More than a year later, there are steps toward justice in policing that we must take, nationwide and in New Jersey.
ACLU-NJ and Garden State Equality to County Jails: Follow the Law and House Transgender People According to Gender Identity
Advocates remind facilities of obligations under Law Against Discrimination and urge adoption of new policy
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