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3 Ways to decolonize Thanksgiving and honor Native American cultures this holiday season 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
3 Ways to decolonize Thanksgiving and honor Native American cultures this holiday season 🪶
Prior to colonization, Native Americans prepared and enjoyed a wide variety of foods specific to their geographic areas.
📝 Crystal Pardue, former ACLU of Washington fellow
https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/decolonizing-thanksgiving/
📝 Crystal Pardue, former ACLU of Washington fellow
https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/decolonizing-thanksgiving/
Decolonizing Thanksgiving - ACLU of Washington
Prior to colonization, Native Americans prepared and enjoyed a wide variety of foods specific to their geographic areas.
www.aclu-wa.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Prior to colonization, Native Americans prepared and enjoyed a wide variety of foods specific to their geographic areas.
📝 Crystal Pardue, former ACLU of Washington fellow
https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/decolonizing-thanksgiving/
📝 Crystal Pardue, former ACLU of Washington fellow
https://www.aclu-wa.org/news/decolonizing-thanksgiving/
Learn about your rights when encountering law enforcement at the airport. ✈️
https://ow.ly/tZwA50XyqMN
https://ow.ly/tZwA50XyqMN
Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU
At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Learn about your rights when encountering law enforcement at the airport. ✈️
https://ow.ly/tZwA50XyqMN
https://ow.ly/tZwA50XyqMN
AI shouldn't be discriminatory, unsafe, or hallucinatory, but that is what it has become in a short period of time. It is still new, flawed, and should be considered thoroughly about the risks and harms it could pose.
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/21/white-house-isnt-giving-up-on-ai-regulations-ban/
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/21/white-house-isnt-giving-up-on-ai-regulations-ban/
White House isn't giving up on AI regulations ban - Roll Call
The White House is pushing for a moratorium on state artificial intelligence laws either in the annual defense policy bill or through an executive order.
rollcall.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
AI shouldn't be discriminatory, unsafe, or hallucinatory, but that is what it has become in a short period of time. It is still new, flawed, and should be considered thoroughly about the risks and harms it could pose.
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/21/white-house-isnt-giving-up-on-ai-regulations-ban/
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/21/white-house-isnt-giving-up-on-ai-regulations-ban/
ACLU-MN is hiring: Director of Marketing and Communications.
Charged with leading both marketing and communication strategies, this role acts as a linchpin connecting our policy, advocacy, and litigation work with existing and potential markets.
Apply here: https://ow.ly/iS5E50Xw2yC
Charged with leading both marketing and communication strategies, this role acts as a linchpin connecting our policy, advocacy, and litigation work with existing and potential markets.
Apply here: https://ow.ly/iS5E50Xw2yC
Director of Marketing & Communications
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) seeks a Director of Marketing & Communications to join our Advancement team.Click here to applyAbout Us: For over 70 years, the ACLU-MN has been a leader in defending and advancing civil liberties. As we grow our team, now is the perfect time to join our mission-driven organization.Job Summary:The Director of Marketing
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November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ACLU-MN is hiring: Director of Marketing and Communications.
Charged with leading both marketing and communication strategies, this role acts as a linchpin connecting our policy, advocacy, and litigation work with existing and potential markets.
Apply here: https://ow.ly/iS5E50Xw2yC
Charged with leading both marketing and communication strategies, this role acts as a linchpin connecting our policy, advocacy, and litigation work with existing and potential markets.
Apply here: https://ow.ly/iS5E50Xw2yC
We will not normalize the fear ICE has imposed upon our communities.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We will not normalize the fear ICE has imposed upon our communities.
Thank you, ACLU-MN supporters for giving to the max!
With your generosity, we are able to move forward into the new year reinvigorated and ready to defend the rights of Minnesotans. ✊🏾🙌🏼🫶🏿
#GMTD2025
With your generosity, we are able to move forward into the new year reinvigorated and ready to defend the rights of Minnesotans. ✊🏾🙌🏼🫶🏿
#GMTD2025
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thank you, ACLU-MN supporters for giving to the max!
With your generosity, we are able to move forward into the new year reinvigorated and ready to defend the rights of Minnesotans. ✊🏾🙌🏼🫶🏿
#GMTD2025
With your generosity, we are able to move forward into the new year reinvigorated and ready to defend the rights of Minnesotans. ✊🏾🙌🏼🫶🏿
#GMTD2025
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we grieve those whose lives were lost to violence.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we grieve those whose lives were lost to violence.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
We're on our way to reaching our #GiveToTheMaxDay goal. With your help, we sued and won, protecting freedom of the press for journalists. That's just one of many ACLU-MN victories from the past year. Let's take that success into the new year together! https://www.givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We're on our way to reaching our #GiveToTheMaxDay goal. With your help, we sued and won, protecting freedom of the press for journalists. That's just one of many ACLU-MN victories from the past year. Let's take that success into the new year together! https://www.givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
The ACLU will hold you accountable.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The ACLU will hold you accountable.
The threats to our rights and safety are real, but so is our power and resilience. Know your protest rights: aclu-mn.org/en/know-your-rights/what-if-im-attending-protest
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The threats to our rights and safety are real, but so is our power and resilience. Know your protest rights: aclu-mn.org/en/know-your-rights/what-if-im-attending-protest
Thursday is Give to the Max Day and early giving has officially launched! This is your opportunity to make an early impact during Minnesota's most important day of giving.
Donate today and become part of the ACLU's crucial work: givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
Donate today and become part of the ACLU's crucial work: givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thursday is Give to the Max Day and early giving has officially launched! This is your opportunity to make an early impact during Minnesota's most important day of giving.
Donate today and become part of the ACLU's crucial work: givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
Donate today and become part of the ACLU's crucial work: givemn.org/organization/Aclumn
No matter what uniform they wear, armed federal agents and military troops must respect constitutional rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech, and due process. If troops or federal agents violate these boundaries, they and their leadership should face legal consequences.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No matter what uniform they wear, armed federal agents and military troops must respect constitutional rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech, and due process. If troops or federal agents violate these boundaries, they and their leadership should face legal consequences.
Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective
Emily Reina Dindial, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU Emily Berkowitz, Communications Strategist, Criminal Justice, ACLU The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars and traffic enforcement.Courts have ruled that a traffic stop
www.aclu-mn.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
Kandiyohi County residents gathered in a theater this week to listen to the ACLU-MN and partner organizations speak about the harms of 287(g) agreements.
willmarradio.com/news/group-listens-to-panel-discussion-on-immigration-issues-in-willmar/article_40325275-fcb9-4fb1-8fa7-58739a9df046.html
willmarradio.com/news/group-listens-to-panel-discussion-on-immigration-issues-in-willmar/article_40325275-fcb9-4fb1-8fa7-58739a9df046.html
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kandiyohi County residents gathered in a theater this week to listen to the ACLU-MN and partner organizations speak about the harms of 287(g) agreements.
willmarradio.com/news/group-listens-to-panel-discussion-on-immigration-issues-in-willmar/article_40325275-fcb9-4fb1-8fa7-58739a9df046.html
willmarradio.com/news/group-listens-to-panel-discussion-on-immigration-issues-in-willmar/article_40325275-fcb9-4fb1-8fa7-58739a9df046.html
This week Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney, spoke with City Cast Twin Cities about Automatic License Plate Readers, the many reasons why they're problematic, and what can be done to regulate them.
twincities.citycast.fm/podcasts/sorry-twin-cities-youre-being-tracked-everywhere-you-go
twincities.citycast.fm/podcasts/sorry-twin-cities-youre-being-tracked-everywhere-you-go
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This week Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney, spoke with City Cast Twin Cities about Automatic License Plate Readers, the many reasons why they're problematic, and what can be done to regulate them.
twincities.citycast.fm/podcasts/sorry-twin-cities-youre-being-tracked-everywhere-you-go
twincities.citycast.fm/podcasts/sorry-twin-cities-youre-being-tracked-everywhere-you-go
Vigilance via video "sheds light on things the government wants to hide, and it’s absolutely vital that citizens and journalists are able to continue to document those things."
-Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney
-Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney
Rash: Citizen journalists are holding ICE accountable via video
From the Trump administration, there are slickly produced messages, especially for recruitment. From deportation opponents, there are amateur cellphone videos capturing chaos from raids and protests, John Rash writes.
www.startribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Vigilance via video "sheds light on things the government wants to hide, and it’s absolutely vital that citizens and journalists are able to continue to document those things."
-Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney
-Alicia Granse, ACLU-MN staff attorney
We're hiring for the role of Communications & Marketing Director! For more details on this job opportunity:
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
Director of Marketing & Communications
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) seeks a Director of Marketing & Communications to join our Advancement team.Click here to applyAbout Us: For over 70 years, the ACLU-MN has been a leader in defending and advancing civil liberties. As we grow our team, now is the perfect time to join our mission-driven organization.Job Summary:The Director of Marketing
www.aclu-mn.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We're hiring for the role of Communications & Marketing Director! For more details on this job opportunity:
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
The Supreme Court has declined to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to the constitutional protections for marriage equality.
The right to marry is a fundamental right for same-sex couples and must be protected by both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The right to marry is a fundamental right for same-sex couples and must be protected by both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Supreme Court has declined to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to the constitutional protections for marriage equality.
The right to marry is a fundamental right for same-sex couples and must be protected by both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The right to marry is a fundamental right for same-sex couples and must be protected by both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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We're #Hiring! We are looking for candidates to fill the role of Communications & Marketing Director.
The Communications & Marketing Director will lead ACLU-MN's dynamic and creative communications team. #JobAlert
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
We're #Hiring! We are looking for candidates to fill the role of Communications & Marketing Director.
The Communications & Marketing Director will lead ACLU-MN's dynamic and creative communications team. #JobAlert
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
Director of Marketing & Communications
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) seeks a Director of Marketing & Communications to join our Advancement team.Click here to applyAbout Us: For over 70 years, the ACLU-MN has been a leader in defending and advancing civil liberties. As we grow our team, now is the perfect time to join our mission-driven organization.Job Summary:The Director of Marketing
www.aclu-mn.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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We're #Hiring! We are looking for candidates to fill the role of Communications & Marketing Director.
The Communications & Marketing Director will lead ACLU-MN's dynamic and creative communications team. #JobAlert
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
We're #Hiring! We are looking for candidates to fill the role of Communications & Marketing Director.
The Communications & Marketing Director will lead ACLU-MN's dynamic and creative communications team. #JobAlert
https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/jobs/director-marketing-communications
Minnesota lawmakers passed Senate File 8. This harmful bill could devastate undocumented Minnesotans by taking away their healthcare via MinnesotaCare. Attacks on immigrants will only continue and worsen; the moment to act is now.
Tell Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
Tell Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
June 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Minnesota lawmakers passed Senate File 8. This harmful bill could devastate undocumented Minnesotans by taking away their healthcare via MinnesotaCare. Attacks on immigrants will only continue and worsen; the moment to act is now.
Tell Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
Tell Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
Minnesota lawmakers just passed House File 1, a bill that cruelly strips undocumented immigrants of access to life-saving healthcare. It will move into the next chamber as SF 8. We need your help: Urge Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
June 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Minnesota lawmakers just passed House File 1, a bill that cruelly strips undocumented immigrants of access to life-saving healthcare. It will move into the next chamber as SF 8. We need your help: Urge Governor Walz to veto the bill by calling (651)-201-3400.
This morning, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will be asking the court to withdraw from the consent decree agreement it reached with the Minneapolis Police Department.
www.aclu-mn.org/en/press-rel...
www.aclu-mn.org/en/press-rel...
ACLU of Minnesota Responds to DOJ’s Withdrawal from Consent Decree Agreement with MPD
The consent decree was created in response to decades of racially biased, excessively violent policing in Minneapolis and was catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd.
www.aclu-mn.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This morning, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will be asking the court to withdraw from the consent decree agreement it reached with the Minneapolis Police Department.
www.aclu-mn.org/en/press-rel...
www.aclu-mn.org/en/press-rel...
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There are steps we all can take to help minimize our digital footprint and guard ourselves from surveillance.
Learn more on the latest episode of At Liberty.
Learn more on the latest episode of At Liberty.
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
End-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints—and how our data is tracked, whether we’re...
www.aclu.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There are steps we all can take to help minimize our digital footprint and guard ourselves from surveillance.
Learn more on the latest episode of At Liberty.
Learn more on the latest episode of At Liberty.
Thank you, Attorney General Keith Ellison, for working to protect trans kids in Minnesota.
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AG Ellison sues Trump over threatened funding connected to trans athletes
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi over threatening to withhold federal funding based on allowing transgender athletes to compete in ...
www.fox9.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank you, Attorney General Keith Ellison, for working to protect trans kids in Minnesota.
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...