News & Commentary
Feb 16, 2021
Organizations Call on Charleston Leaders to Stand with Science as HIV Outbreak Draws National Attention
In the wake of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calling the HIV outbreak in the Kanawha Valley “the most concerning in the nation,” the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) has joined with other organizations to demand Charleston city leaders start listening to science and stop leading with fear.
Feb 15, 2021
We Continue to Stand with West Virginia's Labor Movement
One hundred years ago a socialite and organizer by the name of Roger Baldwin made the journey from New York City to Logan, West Virginia. He came, in the aftermath of the Battle of Blair Mountain, to deliver a speech expressing his support for the miners’ First Amendment freedom of association – their right to organize a union.
Feb 08, 2021
REPORT: West Virginia's Jails are in Crisis
West Virginia has some of the nation’s deadliest jails, with alarmingly high rates of suicide, homicide, and drug overdose deaths, according to a new report compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) using data from both the Reuters news agency and the state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Feb 04, 2021
ACLU-WV to Congressional Delegation: 'No' to New Domestic Terrorism Laws
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia urges members of West Virginia’s Congressional delegation to oppose short-sighted attempts to expand harmful domestic terrorism laws in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jan 28, 2021
Dozens of Organizations Call for a Safe, Open Session
The COVID-19 pandemic should not be used to exclude constituents from providing input on proposed legislation. That’s why the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) has joined with more than 40 other organizations, representing tens of thousands of West Virginians, to call on the state Legislature to hold an open session.
Jan 26, 2021
ACLU-WV Seeks Spring Communications Intern
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) seeks a communications intern for late winter/early spring. The intern will work remotely with the ACLU-WV Communications Director to design our annual magazine and help manage our website news section. Other projects may include contributing to our digital storytelling surrounding immigrants’ rights, and a podcast centering the voices of formerly incarcerated people.
Jan 25, 2021
Justices to hear trans teen harassment suit against school board
The following news article appears in the West Virginia Record:
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