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12 Latinx/e Changemakers from Maryland

This Latinx/e Heritage Month Hear About these Past and Present Changemakers

By Neydin Milián

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A Musical Love Letter to Black History & Futures

A Memoir of Songs from the Black Staff at ACLU of Maryland

By Nehemiah Bester, Alicia Smith, Veronica Dunlap, Rebecca M. Phillips, Yanet Amanuel, Gina Elleby, Bonita ‘Bea’ Rabalais, Gregory Brown, Shaqué Ingram, Dara Johnson, Dana Vickers Shelley, Carlos Childs

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Get All the Facts on Children’s Due Process Rights

Defend the Childhood Interrogation Protection and Juvenile Justice Reform Acts.

By Neydin Milián

Defend Children's Rights! The legal justice scales statue is on the left side with a blue and yellow gradient. A Black parent with their Black child are in the bottom right corner, also with a blue and yellow gradient. The child has their head down.

Get a Taste of Our Favorite Dishes During the Holidays

A few of our staff members got together to share their favorite foods to eat during the holidays.

By Neydin Milián, Nehemiah Bester, Nicole McCann, Dana Vickers Shelley, Nick Taichi Steiner, Veronica Dunlap, Alicia Smith

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Defend Kodi Gaines' Rights

The family of Korryn and Kodi Gaines is suing to bring accountability for Kodi Gaines. Seven years ago, Baltimore County Police Officer Royce Ruby shot and killed 23-year-old Korryn Gaines. In the process, the officer also critically wounded her son, then five-year old Kodi.

By Neydin Milián

Korryn Gaines and her son

No one’s life is ‘collateral damage.’ Qualified immunity for police must be stopped.

On Dec. 4, the Maryland Supreme Court will have an opportunity to address this crisis of impunity when it hears a case in which lower courts radically expanded the reach of qualified immunity to excuse the horrific police shooting of a 5-year-old child amid police gunfire that killed his mother.

By Deborah Jeon

Rhanda Dormeus is a Black woman and is Korryn Gaines mother. She is standing outside and has her hand over her mouth and eyes closed.  AP photo credit Amanda Andrade-Rhoades.

Young Activists Are Building a Sweet Future This October

Teens Launched Youth Justice Action Month to Defend Children’s Rights

By Neydin Milián

Defend Children's Rights! The legal justice scales statue is on the left side with a blue and yellow gradient. A Black parent with their Black child are in the bottom right corner, also with a blue and yellow gradient. The child has their head down.

Opinion: ‘The People’s Council’ must allow independent review of police misconduct

As residents of Prince George's Co., the litmus test for whether this new council is genuinely dedicated to the concerns of the people, particularly, the needs of residents from less affluent, over-policed communities, is the passage of a Police Accountability Board bill.

Rally signs are taped to the side of a car. They say, "Public Input = Public Safety. Current Police Practiceds Killed Willian Green, Gray Hopkins, Jr., Archie Elliot!

Know Your Rights Before Going Back to School

LGBTQ+ students should be protected, and their rights respected.

By Neydin Milián

Collage image with a piece of paper with school supplies visible in bright but muted neon colors. There is a backpack cutout and a student facing away with their hand up sitting at a desk with a progress pride flag on their vest. Back to School Know Your

Anti-immigrant rhetoric is violent and manifests from racism

A local sheriff, who was recently indicted on allegations of breaking federal gun laws, is an example of this violence.

By Nick Taichi Steiner, Neydin Milián

Left side has a sign that says, "No Racismo, No 287g." The right side has a picture of Sheriff Chuck Jenkins.