News & Commentary

The Stay in School Project, which helps minimize "school push out" is now in its third year, and we are looking to create new workshops for adults.

Not only do marijuana possession laws disproportionately harm minority populations, they are also expensive. It’s time to refocus our resources in Delaware and end the failed War on Marijuana.

It’s been an exciting year for the ACLU. We argued an extraordinary six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and won four, including the all-important invalidated patents on two human genes associated with increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Read more about our local and national efforts.

Use of the death penalty is decreasing. Read about this and more in the 2013 year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center.

The Delaware Center for Justice is interested in the experiences and the needs of these pretrial detainees. If you're interested in sharing your story, call 302-658-7174 x40 or email [email protected] with your name, phone number, and the best time to contact you.

The Delaware Repeal Project has made great strides in the past year, but there is still more work to do. Read about our progress here.

I was so proud to be a member of the ACLU family on June 26th when the SB 75—the Civil Marriage Equality legislation. Now, married same-sex couples who live in Delaware will be treated comparably to heterosexual couples and will be able to file joint Federal and State tax returns, receive Social Security survivor benefits, avoid inheritance taxes on jointly owned property and benefit from over 1,000 other provisions of federal law based on marital status.

Each summer, we invite a select number of law students to complete an internship in our office. This season, we welcomed three fabulous interns, each of whom brought a passion for helping the Delaware community to their work. We thank them for spending their summer with us!

ACLU National and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday afternoon to challenge the constitutionality of a recently revealed government spying program. Learn more about the suit and what you can do here.