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Issues
Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.
Spotlight
When the Constitution was written, “We the People” did not mean all of us. Slavery created a legacy of oppression for Black people that is woven into our institutions today — from education and health care to the criminal legal system. We need structural reform to dismantle the deep-seated racism and inequity that permeates our institutions — including law enforcement.
Black people are over-policed, overrepresented in jails and prisons, and disproportionately subjected to police brutality. In the wake of the countless Black lives lost at the hands of police, we’re demanding justice and fighting for a reimagined vision of policing in America — one that limits the scope, power, and responsibilities of police. Valuing Black life doesn’t just mean spending less on police — it means investing more in Black communities. To create a world where “we the people” truly means all of us, we must dismantle systemic racism and work to repair centuries of harm inflicted on communities of color.
News and Commentary
We Can Uphold Free Speech and Hold President Trump Accountable
We Can Uphold Free Speech and Hold President Trump AccountableAs our board’s second call for Trump’s impeachment makes clear, our allegiance has always been, and remains, with the Constitution.
Black Life Deserves More Than Meaningless Commissions
Black Life Deserves More Than Meaningless CommissionsThe Trump administration botched its attempt at police reform. The incoming Biden-Harris administration has the opportunity to fix those mistakes.
50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It Created
50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It CreatedThe war on drugs has failed, and Americans on the right and left are ready for it to end.
