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Hold On, a Change Is Gonna Come: 2024 Election Reflection
As a person on the margins of mainstream America, what I know to be true is who you vote for is a direct reflection of who you are.
By Alicia Smith
Racial reckoning comes to Maryland’s Eastern Shore
More than three decades after those historic advances, the struggle to overcome racial oppression continues anew amid the Shore’s increasing racial diversification.
By Deborah Jeon
Welcome our new Board President, Corey Stottlemyer
"I always thought of the ACLU as being focused on the courtroom. And here, they were in working communities and also working to advocate on behalf of communities."
By Neydin Milián
5 Years of Making “Good Trouble”
Dana Vickers Shelley celebrates and reflects on her fifth anniversary as Executive Director of the ACLU of Maryland.
By Dana Vickers Shelley
Fearless Black Residents on the Brink of History as They Challenge an All-White Town’s Racist Election System
Federal District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher ordered the Federalsburg town government to produce a new plan by May 23.
By Neydin Milián
Marylanders Took Action on Lobby Day 2023
ACLU staff and their family members, activists, students, community leaders, and concerned residents from all corners of Maryland came together to meet with their state legislators in Annapolis and advocate for a better Maryland for each other.
By Neydin Milián
Your Guide to the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Session
Make a difference to our laws
By Neydin Milián, Yanet Amanuel
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