D.C. Native Artecka Brown Brings Healing to Chocolate City
D.C. native Artecka Brown brings healing and resources to her beloved "Chocolate City." Through Christopher Brown's Heart Beats, she organizes community events and supports grieving moms.
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D.C. needs police accountability. Congress and the President should not get in the way.
The District’s police accountability bill creates more transparency, holds police accountable, and restricts harmful practices. Making it law is crucial to advance public safety and rebuild trust.
The Incomparable Philippa Strum: A Champion for Civil Liberties and Inclusion
Philippa Strum, an ACLU board member and civil rights historian, is receiving the Spitzer Lifetime Achievement Award for her persistent strides toward equity. Learn more about her trailblazing career....
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ACLU-DC Statement on President Biden vetoing attempt to block D.C. police bill
"As we celebrate President Biden’s veto, we also renew our commitment to making D.C. the 51st state.”
ACLU-D.C. Staff Unionize with Voluntary Recognition
The ACLU-DC and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild announced the voluntary recognition of its employees’ union, which was formed with a supermajority of support from eligible staff.
Oral Arguments in Black Lives Matter D.C. Case Seeking to Hold Federal Officials Financially Accountable for 2020 Attack on Protestors
“What’s at stake in this appeal is a question testing our nation’s commitment to the rule of law: whether civil rights demonstrators, brutally attacked by federal officers without provocation across the...
Police-Free Schools: Love Us, Don't Harm Us
We are demanding police-free schools! It’s simple: Invest in the social-emotional health and well-being of youth. We need increased mental health supports with development and support for qualified teachers to reduce reliance on permanent substitutes.
In the Courts
One of the main ways ACLU-D.C. works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation.
We litigate in the federal courts and in the local courts, and at every level: from D.C. Superior Court to the Supreme Court of the United States. Sometimes we’re able to solve a problem by just writing a letter.
Jones v. District of Columbia
Deon Jones, a gay man, has been employed by the D.C. Dept. of Corrections for more than two decades, where he has endured pervasive acts of harassment based on his sexual orientation. The lawsuit describes how Sgt. Jones faced constant harassment from co-workers and incarcerated persons alike.
