News & Commentary

Our oldest case has settled after 32 years. It transformed the D.C. foster care system from a dysfunctional mess to what the judge called “a national model."

ACLU-DC Board member Courtney Stewart, Co-Founder and CEO of The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens, has been on the frontlines of addressing the challenges returning citizens since his own reintegration back into society. He answered a few questions about the importance of this work.

The recent ransomware attack of MPD server files has given District residents a rare glimpse into the inner workings of our police department. So we want to know: MPD, what's in the “Felon in Possession Project" folder?

An ACLU-DC staff member writes about using food to express her AAPI heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in Anti-Asian hate.

On May 3, 4, and 5, 1971, more than 13,000 people were arrested in Washington, D.C.—the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. We're reflecting on the ACLU-DC's role in protecting some of the arrestees.

As we observe President Biden’s first 100 days, we have a suggestion that would go a long way towards addressing systemic racism in D.C.’s criminal justice system. And it doesn’t even require an act of Congress.

The ACLU-DC filed a Freedom of Information Act request on behalf of Cathy Young, the mother of D’Quan Young, who was shot by an MPD officer in 2018. In this interview with D’Quan’s aunt, Michelle Young, she talks to us about the information the family still seeks about his death.

WMATA’s Investigations Review Panel released a two-page report outlining its short analysis of four cases of complaints against Metro Transit Police Department officers in 2019. Unfortunately, but predictably, it falls short of what’s needed to accomplish true oversight and accountability of MTPD.

A plaintiff in Horse v. D.C. reflects on the 2017 Inauguration and the mass arrest and excessive force deployed by D.C. police that day.