Press Releases

ACLU of Nebraska Mails Voting Rights Information to County Jails

Thousands of Nebraskans who are incarcerated in the state’s county jails will have access to voting rights information and tools ahead of the coming election thanks to a new statewide mailing.

ACLU of Nebraska Launches Statewide Immigrants’ Rights Campaign

The rights awareness campaign carries a message to Nebraskan immigrants: “all of us have rights and all of us belong.”

ACLU of Nebraska Report Card Grades State’s Dress Codes

The report card focuses on themes across districts.

ACLU of Nebraska Demands School Officials Reinstate Axed Journalism Program

Along with the demands, the letter includes a litigation hold that instructs recipients to preserve certain documents, effectively warning that the ACLU of Nebraska is considering litigation.

ACLU Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act

Congress passed ICWA in 1978 to address a nationwide crisis of child welfare agencies forcibly removing Indigenous children from their homes and placing them into non-Native homes at disproportionate rates.

New Lawsuit Seeks Records on Nebraska Immigration Raid

Four years after the raid, work to bring accountability continues.

Advocates Launch Website Committed to Protecting Abortion Access in Nebraska

The website marks an evolution of the groups’ ongoing partnership to protect abortion access in Nebraska.

Native Residents Appeal Lincoln Development Plan with Big Fire & ACLU Support

The appeal asks the board to reverse earlier approval of the project.