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HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas has launched a free interactive online tool – the Texas Jails Data Dashboard – that allows people to see the enormous financial costs associated with pretrial incarceration and the dangers of mass incarceration in a COVID-19 enviro
HOUSTON – Leaders, including former White House Advisor Steve Bannon, of "We Build the Wall," a private organization which had purported to raise funds for border wall construction, were today arrested on fraud charges.
HOUSTON – Eight reproductive health rights and justice organizations today announced the launch of a new website: The Texas Abortion Access Network (TAAN). The TAAN website is an online hub for abortion rights supporters to get involved in advocating for abortion access throughout Texas.
EL PASO -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Border Rights Center filed a Public Information Act request with the El Paso Police Department (EPPD) requesting “any and all records depicting or reporting the vehicle chase conducted by Border Patrol agents on June 25, 2020 that culminated
HOUSTON – In a public meeting Monday afternoon, the Barbers Hill ISD (BHISD) Board of Trustees unanimously voted to deny grievances filed by the ACLU of Texas and the Juvenile and Children’s Advocacy Project of Texas (JCAP).
HOUSTON - Mayor Sylvester Turner, the Houston City Council, and Police Chief Art Acevedo already have the information they need to enact meaningful reforms to address police violence, restore trust and accountability, and address racial disparities in the criminal legal system; they should not wa