ACLU Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/aclu/ A platform for change Thu, 29 Jun 2023 02:41:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Historic new law protects pregnant workers https://flux.community/gillian-thomas/2023/06/historic-new-law-protects-pregnant-workers/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 21:30:24 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13953 Yesterday marked a historic moment in the lives of our nation’s pregnant workers: after more than a decade of advocacy on Capitol Hill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), signed by President Biden in December 2022, went into effect. PWFA mandates “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant workers unless providing them would impose an “undue hardship” on […]

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]]> Florida to intensify war on education https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2023/05/florida-to-intensify-war-on-education/ Thu, 04 May 2023 18:28:17 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13373 Civil liberties defenders on Wednesday decried yet another bill passed by Florida’s GOP-controlled Legislature attacking academic freedom while calling on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to take the unlikely step of vetoing the measure. S.B. 266 would require Florida’s Board of Education and its state university system’s Board of Governors to establish faculty committees tasked with reviewing […]

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]]> West Virginia lawmakers are pushing “intelligent design” into public schools https://flux.community/heather-l-weaver/2023/03/west-virginia-lawmakers-are-pushing-intelligent-design-into-public-schools/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:47:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12852 All you need to know about the current condition of West Virginia’s public-education system is summed up in one recent headline: “West Virginia public schools are underfunded, understaffed and underperforming.” To take one marker, only 28 percent of students in the state are proficient in science. These are big problems that require expansive, thoughtful solutions. Lawmakers should be […]

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]]> Advocates demand justice for boy, 15, killed during Albuquerque police attack https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/07/advocates-demand-justice-for-boy-15-killed-during-albuquerque-police-attack/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:00:51 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11652 Civil rights advocates on Monday demanded justice after a 15-year-old boy was killed by a fire during a police attack on a home in New Mexico’s largest city. Brett Rosenau—whose father was shot dead by police before he was born—died after Albuquerque Police Department (APD) officers threw tear gas grenades into a home in Southeast Albuquerque during a Wednesday […]

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