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Dec 31, 2021
Eli Baumwell: WV Needs Real Leadership in Upcoming Session (Opinion)
The new year is a time for reflection, resolutions, and commitments to self-improvement. It’s also the start of another West Virginia legislative session. What a great time for legislative leaders to commit to responsible governance.
Dec 30, 2021
ACLU-WV's New Year's Resolutions
2022 is nearly here, and this will likely be another tumultuous year for civil liberties in West Virginia.
Dec 27, 2021
As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever
Twenty-one months into the pandemic, many people outside of jails, prisons, and civil detention centers in the U.S. are rushing to get their booster vaccines and are spending time with friends and family in ways that felt impossible less than a year ago. The pandemic is far from over, as the omicron variant has made clear. Still, heralding vaccines and rapid tests, public officials are urging vaccinated Americans to celebrate the holidays together, carefully. “We’ll get through this,” President Biden said in his address this week.
Dec 16, 2021
Three Reasons Why Congress Must Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Now
Workers still are routinely denied the temporary job changes they need to have healthy pregnancies — but a bipartisan bill is poised to provide millions of workers with these protections.
Dec 06, 2021
Coalition’s Smart Justice Advocacy Day Highlights Need for Reforms
The West Virginia Criminal Law Reform Coalition hosted an advocacy day at the Capitol to bring awareness to the issues constituents hope to see addressed during the 2022 legislative session.
Dec 02, 2021
Court Rejects Efforts to Deny Our Client Her Day in Court
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A federal court in West Virginia this week rejected the efforts of several defendants to deny Becky Pepper-Jackson her day in court to challenge a discriminatory West Virginia law, H.B. 3293, that would block her from participating in school sports. The ruling came in the lawsuit challenging the ban filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of West Virginia, and Cooley LLP.
Dec 01, 2021
West Virginians Sound Alarm on Possible Overturning of Legal Right to Abortion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia advocates, medical providers, legal experts and others sounded the alarm Wednesday as oral arguments began at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could end access to safe, legal abortion.
Nov 17, 2021
We Are Again Asking Gov. Justice to Stop Declaring Thanksgiving Week 'Christian Heritage Week'
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) is again asking Gov. Jim Justice to stop the practice of declaring the week leading up to Thanksgiving as “Christian Heritage Week.” Sadly, this is the 30th consecutive year West Virginia has made this declaration.
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