News & Commentary

The Communications Act of 1934 allows the president to shut down or take control of “any facility or station for wire communication” upon his proclamation “that there exists a state or threat of war involving the United States.” We hope that no president would ever exercise such a power.

While it is usually a private entity’s prerogative to keep certain information secret, it can’t be the government’s.

Can a business fire someone because they’re LGBTQ? The Supreme Court will soon tell us.

If we legalize without mindfulness of the full ecosystem of the criminal legal system and how it impacts people, then corporate and industry-backed legalization efforts will lead us away from what is right and just.

There is nothing vague about protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination. We need clear, consistent protections nationwide in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally funded programs, and jury service.

Legislators have filed several bills this session that block access to women’s healthcare and chip away at our constitutional right to determine for ourselves whether and when to have a child.

Late yesterday, President Trump announced that Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Trump said that Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will serve as Acting Secretary.

Despite the historic judicial defeat for civil rights in Trump v. Hawaii, the fight against the Muslim ban continues. Floridians should mobilize again to tell their representatives in Congress to rescind the Muslim ban.

Study after study confirms that deploying surveillance and police in schools hurts kids, especially students of color and with disabilities.