News & Commentary
May 03, 2023
A Peoples' Budget Invests in Building Safe, Healthy, Equitable Communities Over Incarceration and Criminalization
ACLU of Hawai‘i Statement Relating to the State Budget (HB300 HD1 SD1 CD1)
May 02, 2023
The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech
The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest.
May 02, 2023
State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights
Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.
May 02, 2023
911: Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police
Emergency response systems must be revamped to equip 911 call-takers to dispatch non-police first responders.
Apr 26, 2023
National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation
U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.
Apr 25, 2023
Emergency Proclamations set a dangerous precedent, systemic change is needed to address houselessness.
ACLU of Hawaiʻi Statement on the Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Homelessness
Apr 21, 2023
Access to Housing is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time (Again)
The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
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