The 2025 ACLU-WV Magazine hit the mailboxes of supporters this month! Meet some of the many young people who are joining the fight, catch up on our legal battles against government overreach, hear about our plan forward through the Trump and Morrisey administrations, and learn how to get involved in our work. Featuring words and visuals from the ACLU-WV communications staff, along with contributors Jamie Miller, Grayson Cooper, Justin Murphy and Leeshia Lee.
THE ACTIVIST GENERATION: Cultivating the next wave of advocates
Meet some of the many young people who are joining the fight to push back on attacks against health care and marginalized groups across the state of West Virginia. Young West Virginians From "Buggy" the mutual aid shopping cart filled with contraceptives to LGBTQ+ youth summits, they're combating isolation and creating spaces for connection and care. (Click on the picture below to read the full story.)
DIRECTOR'S LETTER: We're ready for the Morrisey and Trump administrations
We've faced down authoritarianism before—at Blair Mountain, during Japanese internment, with Freedom Riders. Now we're taking on Trump's second term with a bold new strategic plan. Here's how we're protecting West Virginia's civil liberties over the next four years. (Click on the picture below to read the full story.)
LEGAL BRIEFS: Learn more about ACLU-WV's recent legal work
Sometimes the threat of a lawsuit is enough. Discover how our legal team has stoof up for students' constitutional rights, protected free speech at city council meetings, and ensured transgender students aren't humiliated at graduation by letting public official know we'll see them in court. (Click on the picture below to read the full story.)
LEGISLATIVE SESSION: A masterclass in bullying, bigotry, and bootlicking
While floods devastated West Virginia, lawmakers obsessed over bathrooms and voting restrictions. To quote Delegate Bill Flanigan (R – Ohio): "If it didn't deal with someone's genitalia, we didn't talk about it." See how extremists hijacked our statehouse. (Click on the picture below to read the full story.)
AFTER DEFEAT OUR WORK CONTINUES: Helping people find safety after Morgantown narrowly upholds a so-called "camping ban"
With over 100 people experiencing homelessness in Morgantown and fewer that 40 beds for them, voter chose narrowly to criminalize sleeping outside. Our organizer Trans Justice Organizer Sam Green explains why this cruel policy makes homelessness worse—and how a coalition of groups in Morgantown is fighting back. (Click on the picture below to read the full story.)
