News & Commentary

We fought every step of the way for liberation, justice, and equity. Here is the good and bad news.

In partnership with We Testify, the national ACLU launched a storytelling series to spotlight abortion stories from five storytellers who share one thing in common: the liberation they experienced as a result of their abortion.

Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the national ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, breaks down what you should keep in mind in the wake of the leaked draft.

Erycka is ready to advocate for liberation and build power with people in our communities.

Misinformation is fueling an attack on trans youth. They try to make being trans shameful — but they won’t stop youth from being trans. They will only make it harder for kids to grow up at all and make it harder to access the support, education, and community that all young people deserve.

If we truly respect the lives of people who are incarcerated, then a pandemic is exactly when compassionate release should be easier to obtain.

The most abuse happens in the darkest of places. Connecticut needs the PROTECT Act to become law.

Despite my work ethic and attitude, the great references that I have, my criminal record continues to be held against me. On top of all of that, I have this prison debt hanging over me and a risk of being sued by the state of Connecticut.

Access to quality healthcare is a human right. Yet for a person who is behind the walls, isolated in a cell and hidden away, the reality is that people are suffering and being victimized by a “healthcare” system that does not work and in fact harms them.