Pride Is More Than a Month – It's a Mentality

As June comes to a close, we simply cannot ignore the energy shift over the last week. I entered this Pride Month with a renewed sense of hope and peace, and unfortunately, I’m ending it in fear and rage.

By Alicia Smith

Alicia Smith on the far right is a Black, queer, non-binary person and is smiling and laughing with two friends. The background is colorful. Alicia has glitter on their face.

“I’m an educator. I’m a professor. I’m an advocate.”

A Q&A with Dr. Homayra Ziad, the new Board President of the ACLU of Maryland

By Nehemiah Bester, Homayra Ziad

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In Maryland, we’re defending the humanity of immigrants

OpEd originally published in The Washington Post

By Nick Taichi Steiner

Assistant Warden Major Mike Cronise stands in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at the Frederick County Detention Center on June 28 in Frederick. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

No Justice, No Peace: Prince George’s County Needs Real Police Accountability Now!

We seek a strong and courageous Council to do what is right by their constituents! We deserve better.

Black and white selfie photo of Beverly John, Coordinator, Prince George’s County Coalition for Police Accountability

White Supremacy is the Foul Soup We All Swim In – and We’re Done Treading Water

We know creating lasting, equitable change is possible, and the time for business as usual has passed.

By Dana Vickers Shelley

Dana Vickers Shelley is in the foreground and a picture of the ACLU sign and brick wall is in the background with a dark gray brown overlay.

A War on Marijuana, or a War on Black Communities?

How Maryland’s legal issue with marijuana enabled white supremacy and what we must do about it.

By Nehemiah Bester, Neydin Milián

Marijuana leaf with a dark and light green photoshop treatment on it to look like there are lines through it.

Opinion: Coalition Wants to Be Heard by MSDE Workgroup on English Language Learners (Maryland Matters)

Labor Day weekend, the Community Workgroup on ELLs began the work of forming a grass-roots coalition to monitor, provide input to and improve the policy recommendations of the Workgroup on English Language Learners in Public Schools.

Students in CASA’s Mi Espacio afterschool program. Submitted photo.

Nehemiah Bester’s 12 Must-Reads of 2021

A collection from the ACLU of Maryland.

By Nehemiah Bester

Nehemiah Bester is a Black man with short hair and a beard, and is wearing a sport jacket, collared shirt, and tie. Image has a burgundy and white gradient map color profile.

ACLU MD to County Council: Create a 2nd Majority Black District (Testimony & OpEd)

Full testimony published as an OpEd on Forward Baltimore on November 8, 2021.

By Justin Nalley

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