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May 12, 2023

Pipeline of unnecessary legislation fuels mass incarceration crisis in Pennsylvania

Criminal Justice Reform

Law enforcement and prosecutors already have all of the tools necessary to protect public safety. But over the last four decades, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has become a bipartisan offense factory,...

By Elizabeth Randol

Law enforcement and prosecutors already have all of the tools necessary to protect public safety. But over the last four decades, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has become a bipartisan offense factory,...

By Elizabeth Randol
More Law, Less Justice 2021-2022 cover
More Law, Less Justice 2021-2022 cover
Apr 11, 2023

Why We’re Taking Legal Action - Again - Against the Central Bucks School District

LGBQ&T High School Students

Here we go again. For the second time in less than a year, the ACLU of Pennsylvania has taken legal action against Central Bucks School District because of the district’s discriminatory and punitive...

By Witold "Vic" Walczak, Richard T. Ting

Here we go again. For the second time in less than a year, the ACLU of Pennsylvania has taken legal action against Central Bucks School District because of the district’s discriminatory and punitive...

By Witold "Vic" Walczak, Richard T. Ting
Group of Central Bucks students at a demonstration
Group of Central Bucks students at a demonstration
Mar 28, 2023

Stop and frisk: a clear failure of public safety policy

Criminal Justice Reform

Despite what you might hear from some candidates for mayor and city council in Philadelphia, one policing tactic that has proven a failure time and again in bolstering public safety is so-called stop-and-...

Despite what you might hear from some candidates for mayor and city council in Philadelphia, one policing tactic that has proven a failure time and again in bolstering public safety is so-called stop-and-...

photo of the back of a police officer
photo of the back of a police officer
Feb 24, 2023

Agreement between Pittsburgh Public Schools and city police is progress but doesn’t address failures of school district police

Student & Youth Rights

After more than a decade, Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police have reached an agreement about how city police interact with students.

By Ghadah Makoshi

After more than a decade, Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police have reached an agreement about how city police interact with students.

By Ghadah Makoshi
classroom
classroom
Jan 5, 2023

Goodbye (for now), and thank you!

Reggie Shuford reflects on 26 years at the ACLU.

By Reggie Shuford

Reggie Shuford reflects on 26 years at the ACLU.

By Reggie Shuford
Show Love
Show Love
Dec 29, 2022

In a desperate power grab, PA House Republicans ignore the will of the voters

Voting Rights

Over the past two years, MAGA Republicans in Harrisburg have been pursuing a radical, anti-democracy agenda.

By Elizabeth Randol

Over the past two years, MAGA Republicans in Harrisburg have been pursuing a radical, anti-democracy agenda.

By Elizabeth Randol
Governor Wolf signs Act 77
Governor Wolf signs Act 77