News & Commentary

Despite a historic downward trend in New Jersey’s prison population in the last decade, many people are still facing extreme sentences, incarcerated for years or even decades after their rehabilitation, and forced to serve sentences that are not commensurate to their crime or culpability.

As calls for book bans continue to ripple across the country, it’s more important than ever to be informed of how to spot similar waves in your town.

It’s long past time for New Jersey to shift its approach to drug use from criminalization to public health.

In preparing to cast a ballot this fall, it’s imperative to know how Legislative leaders have taken action, where they’ve fallen short, and what can still be done before the polls open.

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action and ending educational institutions’ ability to consider an applicant’s race as one factor in a holistic review process.

The fight for reparations is gaining ground across the country, and can no longer be ignored.

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to housing today, and why we're fighting to ensure all people have equal access.

This 4/20, we can implement an affirmative vision for a future founded in public health and racial justice.

A state’s budget is also a list if its most pressing priorities – here’s what the ACLU of New Jersey is urging government leaders to include for FY24.