MSP Developing Model Statewide Facial Recognition Policy that Needs to Protect Marylander’s Rights

“We applaud Governor Wes Moore for taking a public step to move further away from criminal penalties and for pardoning 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions in Maryland. Our state and country need sweeping actions to remedy racial injustices and build a more fair future for all."

CAIR announced that it has joined the ACLU of Maryland, Howard County for a Free Palestine, and others organizations in calling on the Howard County Human Rights Commission to follow up on the status of an investigation into complaints of censorship and discrimination against students.

Arab and Muslim students at River Hill High School have been censored by their school administration on multiple occasions over the last seven months, in violation of their First Amendment rights.

La Escuela Secundaria River Hill censuró el discurso de sus estudiantes sobre Palestina

This morning, oral arguments concluded in Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education, a case in the Appellate Court of Maryland on behalf of Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) families, challenging the State of Maryland's funding and resources provided to BCPSS.

In a win for the rights of people who are incarcerated to fair wages for their labor, the Fourth Circuit ruled this week that, in some circumstances, the Fair Labor Standards Act (the nation’s leading minimum wage law) should apply when incarcerated workers are working outside prison walls.

Adding reconciliation to history-making election reform, a landmark settlement was announced today in a federal lawsuit that challenged 200 years of discrimination against Black voters in the Town of Federalsburg.