Blog Posts

Filter News

Jul 10, 2023

ACLU NM Summer Reading List: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Voices and Characters

In New Mexico, we respect personal freedom and are proud that our state has some of the strongest protections for LGBTQIA+ people in the country. This year's summer reading list celebrates the profound and...

Jul 6, 2023

There's a Humanitarian Crisis at Western New Mexico Correctional Facility

Things must change or women will continue to die. No one should have to live in conditions like these.

A dark and ominous picture of a prison cell.

Jun 26, 2023

The Attack on Albuquerque’s Unsheltered Community

How the City of Albuquerque continues to discriminate against our unsheltered community and how they're fighting back.

By Davida Gallegos

How the City of Albuquerque continues to discriminate against our unsheltered community and how they're fighting back.

By Davida Gallegos

A muted image overlooking the city of Albuquerque.

Jun 22, 2023

Cibola High School Ruling a Breakthrough for Indigenous Students

It was such a shocking thing to happen. When the teacher cut the other student’s thick braid off, you could hear her sawing through the hair with the blades. The class was stunned.

Jun 9, 2023

Will Customs and Border Protection's Revised Vehicle Pursuit Policy Make Us Safer?

The United States’ border region has always borne the brunt of our most aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, including dangerous high-speed vehicle pursuits by Border Patrol agents that far too often...

By Rebecca Sheff

U.S. Border patrol vehicles converge with local police car by border fence.

May 2, 2023

The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech

The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest.