Podcasts

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.

The 287(g) agreement with ICE in Frederick County must end. In July, the ACLU of Maryland joined the national ACLU to file a federal administrative complaint calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate the Frederick County Sheriff, Charles Jenkins.

El acuerdo 287(g) con ICE en el condado de Frederick debe finalizar. En julio, la ACLU de Maryland se unió a la ACLU nacional para presentar una queja administrativa federal pidiendo al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los EE. UU. que investigue al alguacil del condado de Frederick, Jenkins.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Finally, legal use marijuana in Maryland is becoming a reality - but that doesn't mean that it's officially legal just yet. Here's a timeline breaking down everything you need to know around this next phase of marijuana laws.