Alma et. al. v. Noah's Ark Processors
Meatpacking workers are essential workers, but they have been neglected and left out of the state's pandemic response.
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Meatpacking workers are essential workers, but they have been neglected and left out of the state's pandemic response.
During 2020’s historic protests, Omaha Police met peaceful protesters with militarized force and made mass arrests to enforce minor misdemeanor charges.
When state officials at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women denied a woman her constitutional right to access abortion care, we stepped in.
A reminder to local teachers and administrators: students have rights.
As young people engaged in peaceful protest in support of Black lives and against police brutality, law enforcement officers in Lincoln met those calls with a militarized response and brutal police practices.
In 2011, Nebraska state senators passed LB 191, a law designed to address prison overcrowding and reduce the expense of overincarceration.