Get the Tools to Make a Difference: ACLU of Ohio 2014 Biennial Conference

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Still Locking People Up for Being Poor? Really?! It's 2014.

This ACLU of Ohio blog post originally appeared on the National ACLU website on 2/05/2014

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Demand More From Your Legislators

Most lawmakers are smart, passionate people who must focus on a multitude of issues on our behalf. But what happens when that passion becomes an obsession with one issue?

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Let’s Teach Our Children to be Good Students and Stop Training Them for Prison

What can you do?
Share the guidelines issued by the federal government with your school district.

Read the blog, Is Race Discrimination in School Discipline a Real Problem?, written by Deborah J. Vagins of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Lea el blog, ¿Es la discriminación racial un problema real en la administración de la disciplina escolar? escrito por Deborah J. Vagins de la Washington Oficina Legislativa de la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles.

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New Execution Methods Can’t Disguise Same Old Death Penalty Problems

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On Bill of Rights Day: Work to Make Rights Real

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Ohio Legislature Bent on Making Voting Harder

Below is an excerpt from an Op/Ed that appeared in The Columbus Dispatch on 12/07/2013.

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Civil Liberties and the Holidays

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Standing on the Side of Justice

On Saturday, November 2, 2013, a coalition of faith groups, unions, professional associations, community groups, and rights organizations (including the ACLU of Ohio) held a rally at the Ohio Statehouse.

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