News & Commentary

Feb 06, 2026

Statehouse Dispatch: Feb. 9, 2026

Here’s how you can show up for housing justice, academic freedom, and LGBTQ+ rights this week

By Paul Bowers

"Statehouse Dispatch: Feb. 9, 2026. This week under the copper dome." Background image of the South Carolina Statehouse dome tinted orange and red.
Feb 03, 2026

These are the rights ICE doesn’t want you to know about

As federal immigration agencies ratchet up their brazen abuse of citizens and non-citizens alike, we need to constantly remind each other of our rights.

By Paul Bowers

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Jan 30, 2026

Statehouse Dispatch: Feb. 2, 2026

S.C. lawmakers keep attacking the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and students. We have some better ideas for them.

By Paul Bowers

"Statehouse Dispatch: Feb. 2, 2026. This week under the copper dome." Background photo of the South Carolina Statehouse dome in pink and blue tints.
Jan 23, 2026

Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 26, 2026

Our lawmakers want to dismantle the wall between church and state, take away our reproductive rights, and make life harder for trans youth

By Paul Bowers

"Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 26, 2026." Background photo of the Statehouse dome tinted yellow and blue.
Jan 16, 2026

Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 19, 2026

Free speech, voting rights, abortion, and trans rights are all on the line this week

By Paul Bowers

"Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 19, 2026. This Week Under the Copper Dome." Background photo of the Statehouse dome with a blue tint.
Jan 12, 2026

Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 12, 2026

South Carolina lawmakers return to Columbia on Tuesday. Get ready with us.

By Paul Bowers

"Statehouse Dispatch: Jan. 12, 2026. This week under the copper dome." Background is a salmon-tinted photo of the Statehouse dome.
Jan 02, 2026

Did the Justice Department abandon people in South Carolina jails?

When the Justice Department announced federal investigations into the Alvin S. Glenn and Sheriff Al Cannon detention centers in 2023, advocates and community leaders thought accountability was finally coming to Richland and Charleston counties. So far, we were wrong.

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Nov 13, 2025

We can stop the total abortion ban

Politicians are attacking our reproductive rights. Help us stop S. 323 before it becomes law.

By Paul Bowers

A hand puts a stack of postcards with the words "Vote No on S. 323" into a mailbox.
Oct 23, 2025

Remembering Harry G. Wilkinson, a rebel with a cause

Our new legal internship program carries on the legacy of a globe-trotting civil rights lawyer and ACLU-SC board member

By Paul Bowers

"Remembering Harry G. Wilkinson, Rebel with a Cause." Photo of Harry, a man in a button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, seated on some rocks with an outcropping of flowering scrub plants.