Thinking Freely, ACLU of Maryland's monthly podcast, informs Marylanders about what's happening politically – from the courts to the streets – so they can get involved and realize a more equitable Maryland for all.
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Ransom Watkins of the Exonerated Harlem Park Three talks about his life, legacy, and how the man in him still struggles with the brutality the child in him has endured.
February 2, 2024
Listen as Dana Vickers Shelley reflects on her 5th anniversary as executive director and how the ACLU of Maryland remains committed to empowering Marylanders to exercise their rights so that the law values and uplifts their humanity.
August 1, 2023 This June, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people for the first time in the organization’s 40-year history. And unfortunately, students are not immune to the dangerous anti-queer assaults, legislatively, or physically.
June 28, 2023 Starting on July 1, 2023, marijuana will officially become legalized in Maryland for adults 21 and up. This also includes a new law that bans police stops and searches based on the alleged smell of marijuana. But is that enough for Maryland to become a model for marijuana and racial justice?
June 13, 2023 What's being called a modern day Indian Removal, the Wild Turkey Clan of the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians in Maryland are being forced off their land by the Charles County government – the very land that belongs to the Piscataway Conoy People and that the Band has taken care of for decades.
May 26, 2023