PrivacyDigest8h ago

#ACLU Calls on #Congress to to Hold Federal #Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for #Rights Violations

ACLU and partners urged members of Congress during Community Safety Week to pass legislation that allows people to sue federal law enforcement when they violate their rights.

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/aclu-calls-on-congress-to-to-hold-federal-agents-accountable-by-allowing-people-to-sue-them-for-rights-violations

Congress Should Allow People to Sue Federal Agents for Violating Rights

Amid rampant abuse by federal agencies like ICE, Congress can pass laws that allow people to take federal agents to court.

American Civil Liberties Union
MikeDunnAuthor11h ago

Today in Labor History May 21, 1935: Jane Addams died. Addams was a peace activist, sociologist and author. She was a co-founder of the ACLU and a leader in the history of social work and women’s suffrage. In 1931, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1889, along with her lover, Ellen Gates Starr, she co-founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago. Eventually, the house became home to 25 women and was visited weekly by around 2,000 others. It became a center for research, study and debate. Members were bound by their commitment to the labor and suffrage movements. The facilities included a doctor to provide medical treatment for poor families, gym, adult night school and a girls’ club. The adult night school became a model for the continuing education classes that occur today.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #JaneAddams #nobelprize #feminism #lgbtq #peace #author #writer #books #aclu #hullhouse @bookstadon

Advocate.com [Unofficial]1d ago

South Carolina governor signs bathroom law that could force trans students into porta-potties

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/south-carolina-transgender-outdoor-restrooms

Jefe Winski1d ago

US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendmentat at a House committee markup hearing that would prohibit any recipient of federal highway funding from using automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling. “A recipient of assistance under Title 23, United States Code, may not use automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling.”

https://www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/
archive.today - https://archive.is/2Wlz9

#ALPR #Flock #HouseBill #USConstitution #Rights #Privacy #ACLU

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection.

WIRED
Wendy1d ago
Imagine the frame: a plastic chemical toilet placed on grass outside a South Carolina elementary school, late May sun bleaching the blue siding. A 14-year-old has to walk past her classmates to use it. The bathroom inside is locked to her. HB 4756 — the Student Physical Privacy Act — signed by Henry McMaster Friday. South Carolina becomes the 22nd state to pass a trans bathroom ban, per the Movement Advancement Project. The bill mandates same-sex college roommates (already near-universal practice), which makes the porta-potty clause the actual point. Idaho criminalized trans bathroom use in April with possible life imprisonment. A child should not have to walk past her classmates to a plastic box in a parking lot to relieve herself. A child.
https://twp.ai/4hqTz7
#TransRights #LGBTQ #Photojournalism #SouthCarolina #TransKids #QueerLiberation #HumanRights #DocumentaryPhotography #SocialJustice #ACLU #Resistance #Fediverse
Show threadwendythedruid1d ago
A child stands at the door of a South Carolina public school. The bathroom is locked. The only legal option: a plastic chemical toilet on the grass where every classmate watches her walk to it. HB 4756. McMaster signed Friday. The 22nd state to legislate a child's body as a problem.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8h
#TransRights #LGBTQ #SouthCarolina #TransKids #QueerLiberation #HumanRights #ACLU #TransJoy #Resistance #Fediverse
What Survives the Morning: The Empire's Pause Button, The Porta-Potty Doctrine, and the Server Farm That Wants Your Water

What survives the morning: empire's pause, political reckoning, and the infrastructure draining our future. Queer analysis meets survival tactics from The Gathering.

Wendy The Druid
Show threadWendy1d ago
A child in South Carolina walks past her classmates to a plastic toilet on the grass because HB 4756 locks the bathroom door. The 22nd state. A child. https://twp.ai/4hqTwd #TransRights #LGBTQ #SouthCarolina #TransKids #HumanRights #ACLU #QueerLiberation
Advocate.com [Unofficial]2d ago

Not enough people know the story of Sir Lady Java. That's going to change.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/history/who-was-sir-lady-java

Kenneth3d ago

What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care? An explainer from the American Civil Liberties Union.

#aclu #redistricting #gerrymandering #uspol

https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/what-is-redistricting-and-why-should-we-care

What Is Redistricting and Why Is It Important?

A recent Supreme Court decision is putting a renewed spotlight on redistricting — learn more about it and how some lawmakers are attempting redraw maps to disenfranchise voters.

American Civil Liberties Union
Advocate.com [Unofficial]4d ago

Gay civil rights lawyer launches insurgent challenge to Delaware attorney general

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/dwayne-bensing-delaware-ag-challenger