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We won in State v. Hensel. But what about all the other city councils across the state of Minnesota? 

Why the Case for Public Access to Police Camera Footage is Not a Moot Point

Minnesota’s Single Subject and Title Clause has the potential to protect the integrity and transparency of the Minnesota Legislature. But will the courts allow it to be undermined?

Police freely sharing data about whom they stop is one step toward accountability and police reform. 

Nicole Vanderheiden is a former Staff Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force and an Iraq war veteran. She is the lead organizer on transgender issues for Common Defense PAC and advocates for transgender youth and families.Last month, Donald Trump issued three tweets signaling his intention to exclude transgender individuals from the U.S. military. His tweets prompted a lawsuit by transgender service members and the cloud of uncertainty around it still has not dissipated weeks after the declaration. Current transgender service members have told me military units and medical facilities are using Trump’s proposal inconsistently as a justification to deny records updates and transition related medical care – even after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe Dunford, said the Pent

Nearly a year ago, I walked into what I thought was a routine check-in with immigration. My wife and children came with me (we were going to go to the Minnesota State Fair afterwards). But when two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came and took me aside, I knew what was next. My wife and my kids stared at me through the glass, speechless. No words, just tears. I looked back at them, just as hopeless as they were.I would not return home to them for another 346 days.I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after my family fled Cambodia. My family came t

By: Sagal Abdigani

ACLU of Minnesota summer intern Moises Roman was born in Mexico and came to the United States at age five, where he was raised on the East Side of Saint Paul. He graduated from Harding High School and is a rising junior at Williams College, studying political science and English. This is his reflection following the Jeronimo Yanez verdict in June.

Today marks one year since the shooting of Philando Castile. He should still be alive today.