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James D. Crawford, a longtime ACLU of Pennsylvania leader, fierce advocate for civil liberties, and friend to all who knew him, passed away peacefully earlier this month.

We filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals held pretrial due to unaffordable cash bail. This lawsuit is the latest piece of a years-long campaign to challenge the misuse of cash bail.

A 2019 lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Pennsylvania alleged that Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) had a practice of ethnically profiling, stopping, and detaining Latinos to check their immigration “papers.” Three years after filing suit, we have reached a settlement.

There are some throughlines that are as true today as they were 50, 100, and 150 years ago.

Some elected officials aren’t celebrating today. But we don’t have to take their attempts at censorship and erasure sitting down.

The achievement of the Voting Rights Act has been gutted by court decisions and backlash politics.

The personal data that a state Senate committee seeks is the key that unlocks a treasure trove to a person’s life, from their voter registration to bank records to medical information.

A new report shows that judges assigning cash bail in violation of the rules is not an issue confined to Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. It’s a statewide crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people around the globe, particularly for children.