News & Commentary

More than five decades after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., communities across the country are still facing an uphill battle in the path to voter accessibility.

The ACLU of Ohio supports SB 296 because it makes much-needed, wise changes and updates to our current laws regarding drug overdose issues. It does this in several ways.

My name is Bella Gordo. I am 17 years old, a high school junior, and the president of Cincinnati’s Young Activists Coalition. Our mission is to put an end to policing and punitive discipline in Cincinnati Public Schools. And we need your help.

Our First Amendment rights to read, learn, and discuss vital topics in schools are under attack.

As the sun comes out again this Spring, bring your own sunshine to the workings of your state and local governments.

Ohio's current cash bail system is the essence of wealth-based detention, and it does nothing to promote public safety. But it does harm families, communities, and the fabric of Ohio.

SB 288 improves current law, but only slightly; SB 288 adds drug paraphernalia and instruments to the list of criminal laws one might receive immunity from when contacting emergency services because of an overdose.

The death penalty is nothing more than the modern version of the most shameful, vengeful, mob violence this country ever produced—a racist policy that cannot be fixed and must be abolished for Ohio to have any hope for justice.

Restorative Justice is a method of thinking about behavior correction in a way that emphasizes healing the harm done—whether to a person, group, or object—rather than punishment for the sake of punishment itself.