Students Need More Support and Compassion, Not Increased Punishment

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

By Ghadah Makoshi

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A Bad Deal: A Proposal in Clearfield County Would Allow Biden Administration to Expand Immigration Detention in PA

Fighting against new and repurposed immigration detention centers in Pennsylvania is beginning to feel like a horrible game of whack-a-mole.

By Vanessa Stine, Erika Guadalupe Núñez

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Central York Students Deserve to Learn America’s Real History

How does the school board expect Central students to grow when they are educated on a partial, obscured, whitewashed understanding of the history of America?

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With Abortion Access in Question, It’s Time to Show Up

For those of us who care about abortion access, the news out of Texas this month has been terrifying.

By Julie Zaebst

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I Support Victims’ Rights. And I Oppose Marsy’s Law.

I have seen the criminal legal system from every angle imaginable.

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Remembering Babette Josephs

ACLU-PA staff and board members shared their reflections about Representative Babette Josephs after hearing the news of her passing.

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Why “stop and frisk” should not be used for petty offenses

If you are regularly stopped by the Philadelphia police, you are probably a Black man. If you are not regularly stopped by police, you should watch this video of a stop by Philadelphia police. Go on, watch it. I’ll wait.

By Mary Catherine Roper

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Hempfield School District should foster education, not discrimination

It’s no secret that some politicians and pundits work to divide the country by stoking the so-called “culture war” with invented problems.

By Naiymah Sanchez

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What Fulton v. City of Philadelphia means for TLGBQIA+ families and individuals

The United States Supreme Court decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia has raised a lot of questions about what the court’s ruling means for LGBTQIA+ families and individuals in Philadelphia, and across the country.

By Mary Catherine Roper

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