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Here’s a hard but undeniable truth: America has a short memory and a long tradition of revising history.

It was one of the worst days in America in living memory.

It’s no secret that, in far too many ways, the criminal justice system criminalizes being poor.

After a year dominated by the pandemic and the presidential election, we look ahead to what the ACLU of Pennsylvania expects to see and hopes to achieve in the state legislature during the 2021-2022 session.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania saw a number of successes in the area of school policing in 2020, despite this unprecedented and unexpected year.

It was an American presidential election like no other. And of course, the drama extended far beyond Election Day.

The past four years have been a horrifying look into what can happen when we elect leaders who have nothing but animus towards people who are part of our families, communities, and this country.

Police violence is, of course, nothing new. But with the advent of cell phone cameras and social media, horrifying incidents of police violence have never been more accessible to the public.

Once it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic was a public health crisis in the United States in early March, our work quickly pivoted to decarceration efforts to prevent Pennsylvania jails and prisons from becoming COVID hotspots.