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While it is important to honor the contribution of women such as Alice Paul and Margaret Sanger, we must exert extra effort to honor Black, brown, and trans women whose contributions have historically been excluded from mainstream conversations and celebrations.

For three days last spring, Philadelphia police brutalized peaceful protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The indiscriminate use of tear gas and “less-than-lethal” munitions like rubber bullets in a West Philadelphia residential neighborhood and the kettling and gassing of demonstrators on Interstate 676 became a national news story.   

One thing that is clear after the 2020 election and the ensuing lies and chaos fueled by the former president: attempts to undermine our democracy continue unabated in state capitols across the nation. As some GOP state legislators in Pennsylvania who sowed confusion and doubt about the results of the electoral college double-down on these lies, some pundits are speculating that this assault on democracy is only going to intensify in coming years.

Black History Month is a dedicated time every year to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black Americans and to reflect on the long struggle to finally realize the constitutional promise of liberty and justice for all.

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.