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ACLU of Hawaiʻi Statement on Cannabis Reform Bill

Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.

Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.

I thought I would help families by working in the foster care system. Instead I found a system that was quick to separate children from their parents because they were living in poverty.

Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.

The shooting is a logical extension of politicians’ efforts to deny transgender people our safety, community, and families.

Two Native people share how the Indian Child Welfare Act impacted their lives as the law faces a challenge at the Supreme Court.

Despite tough-on-crime rhetoric, voters drove significant progress in prison labor reform, drug policy, and prosecutorial reform.

Investing in community-based treatment instead of locking people up for the psychological wounds of war would honor veterans.