ACLU of Arkansas Executive Director Holly Dickson chats about her favorite part of the job and more as the organization celebrates 55 years of fighting for Arkansans’ rights.
Holly Dickson
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ACLU sues to challenge Rose Bud’s restrictions on signature gathering
The Rose Bud city council passed the ordinance late last week in an attempt to limit signature-gatherers’ access to an event being held on public property.
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ACLU sues over rule preventing nonbinary and trans Arkansans from using correct gender markers on state ID
A new rule that requires Arkansans to use gender identifiers that match their birth certificates and takes the gender-neutral “X” off the table as an option on driver’s licenses is being challenged in court.
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ACLU of Arkansas hires John C. Williams as legal director
Williams, a former Arkansas Times reporter, most recently worked on death penalty defense cases at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Little Rock.
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UPDATE: Saline County judge fires librarian after months of controversy over censorship
The Saline County judge fired the county’s library director today after months of book censorship controversy.
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AG Griffin seeks to ban transgender health care for Arkansas youths (again)
In June, U.S. District Judge James Moody ruled that Arkansas’s transgender-care ban, the first of its kind in the nation, was unconstitutional. Today, Attorney General Tim Griffin renewed his crusade to reverse that decision.
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Black history on the chopping block, Arkansas civil rights leaders say at MLK event
The 60 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington have delivered progress, but not nearly enough.
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AG Griffin appeals transgender youth health care ruling to Eighth Circuit
The case now heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis.
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Slideshow: ‘Boycott’ screening at CALS Ron Robinson
Last night at Central Arkansas Library System’s Ron Robinson Theater, a full house was in attendance for a special screening of “Boycott,” an acclaimed documentary detailing legislative efforts in Arkansas and 33 other states to block individuals and companies who refuse to sign pledges not to boycott Israel from receiving state employment or state business.
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Gov. Sanders attacked the vulnerable in her State of the Union rebuttal, and the ACLU of Arkansas took notice
The Arkansas ACLU speaks out against fear and hate in the aftermath of Gov. Sanders’ nationally televised apocalyptic hellfire speech.