The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has a long history of fighting for free speech. Nationally, we are seeing constant attacks on students’ First Amendment rights and efforts to ban books from community and school libraries.
September 7, 2023
The U.S. is the only developed democracy that strips voting rights from its people on the basis of a criminal conviction. An estimated 4.6 million Americans across the country are barred from casting ballots.
April 7, 2023Governance Committee Charter
Finance Committee Charter
A Twitter developer and AI platform called Dataminr has been caught scanningraping the platform for tweets aboutby protesters and racial justice activists, and turning those tweets over to law enforcement, including the Minneapolis Police Department.
July 9, 2020The "Blueprint for Smart Justice Minnesota" by the ACLU and Urban Institute analyzes how to cut mass incarceration in half in Minnesota and to reduce racial disparities.
November 7, 2019Several criminal justice reforms could cut Minnesota's mass incarceration rate by more than half and save the state millions, according to a new ACLU study.
November 7, 2019