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Jul 11, 2019

It's official: New Hampshire will offer an "X" gender marker for state driver's licenses

LGBTQ+ Rights

On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, New Hampshire enacted a bipartisan bill that will provide an “X” gender marker on state driver's licenses for people who identify as non-binary, rather than only an “M” or...

On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, New Hampshire enacted a bipartisan bill that will provide an “X” gender marker on state driver's licenses for people who identify as non-binary, rather than only an “M” or...

Victory
Victory
Jun 12, 2019

How My Question Helped Move Joe Biden on Abortion Access

My name is Nina Grey. I’m a 77-year-old retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and I was the voter who...

My name is Nina Grey. I’m a 77-year-old retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and I was the voter who...

Nina Grey, ACLU’s Rights for All volunteer, questioning Joe Biden
Nina Grey, ACLU’s Rights for All volunteer, questioning Joe Biden
Jun 7, 2019

The FBI Has Access to Over 640 Million Photos of Us Through Its Facial Recognition Database

We already know that the FBI has a massive facial recognition apparatus. We know the agency has slowly been working towards getting access to photos of almost every American to run through this system. We...

We already know that the FBI has a massive facial recognition apparatus. We know the agency has slowly been working towards getting access to photos of almost every American to run through this system. We...

View of people from afar with human recognition markers around them
View of people from afar with human recognition markers around them
Jun 4, 2019

New Hampshire Repealed the Death Penalty

As of Thursday, May 30th, New Hampshire is a state without the death penalty. It took decades to be able to say that. In the end, it came down to a single vote in both the state House and Senate...

As of Thursday, May 30th, New Hampshire is a state without the death penalty. It took decades to be able to say that. In the end, it came down to a single vote in both the state House and Senate...

Demonstrators carrying signs advocating the abolition of the death penalty in New Hampshire
Demonstrators carrying signs advocating the abolition of the death penalty in New Hampshire
May 23, 2019

The Next President Can Cut Incarceration Rates in Half

On any given night in the United States, more than 2.2 million people go to sleep behind bars in prisons and jails. People cycle in and out of jail more than 10 million times a year. The U.S. incarcerates...

On any given night in the United States, more than 2.2 million people go to sleep behind bars in prisons and jails. People cycle in and out of jail more than 10 million times a year. The U.S. incarcerates...

A group of incarcerated people walking a concrete yard
A group of incarcerated people walking a concrete yard
May 22, 2019

It’s New Hampshire’s Time to Repeal the Death Penalty

For over three decades in New Hampshire, there has been a rising call to repeal the death penalty. That call has, until recently, gone unanswered. In 2019 that could all change.

Though the Granite...

For over three decades in New Hampshire, there has been a rising call to repeal the death penalty. That call has, until recently, gone unanswered. In 2019 that could all change.

Though the Granite...

Execution Room
Execution Room