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Three LGBTQ advocates share how book bans and classroom censorship bills impact their lives, work, and students.

The impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade will be devastating. Here’s what comes next.

As we celebrate Juneteenth, let’s remember exactly what we are celebrating, and why.

When forces larger than us try to break our spirit, we can respond as forcefully and effectively with joy as we can with anger, defiance, and protest.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865: Two months after the end of the Civil War, and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free at last.

In Egbert v. Boule, the Supreme Court again expanded legal immunity for federal agents who violate constitutional rights. It held that federal agents can’t be sued for violating the First Amendment by retaliating against speech, or for violating the Fourth Amendment by engaging in excess force.

A new report documents data sharing between local jails and LexisNexis, enabling deportation to continue even in sanctuary cities and states.

Our institutions and our country must live up to our American ideals and values, and stop the cycle of profiling and discrimination.

As the Supreme Court nears a ruling that could allow abortion to be criminalized by politicians, privacy activists and lawmakers must shift our approach in the states.