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The ACLU of Alaska has hired longtime Alaska litigator Ruth Botstein to lead the organization’s legal department.

The ACLU of Alaska, Native American Rights Fund, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law seek solutions from State of Alaska after 7,500-plus ballots are rejected in special election.

Abortion is Still safe, legal and protected in Alaska.

We can preserve privacy rights in Alaska. We can protect our constitution. And we know we cannot do it alone; we are in this together.

ACLU of Alaska Board of Directors name longtime public policy expert, attorney head of Alaska affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union

The legislature devoted nearly four hours of committee time last week to needed oversight of the Department of Corrections (DOC), an agency with a nearly $400 million budget and population that is expected to keep growing.

I’ve spent half of a decade fighting a system that wanted to ignore me. The battle has been ugly and disheartening.

The settlement caps a significant First Amendment victory that vindicated the free speech rights of public employees.

Racism, the binary concept of good and bad, poor policy, and the idea that we will achieve different results by trying the same tired tactics has kept Alaskans from living in safer communities for too long.