2016 is the 50th anniversary of the ACLU of Nebraska. We will feature several memories from our five decades of defending freedom in the Cornhusker state here. Do you have a favorite memory? Share it with us!
For this week’s anniversary memory, we think the news coverage speaks for itself. In December of 2001, the Associated Press reported on a picket at the office of the ACLU.
Maria Marquez Hernandez, who was brought to the U.S. by her parents and raised here as an undocumented child, was an honors student and doing well in college.
Every so often, frequently in election years, there are public conversations about patriotism.
On November 8th, or before then if you vote-by-mail, Nebraskans who have a felony conviction and waited for two years will be able to vote.
But it hasn’t always been that way.
In 1982, Banned Books Week became a national celebration. Before, state governments and local school districts had made attempts to ban several books.