What starts in the South doesn't stay here. Funders should take note.

A note from ACLU-SC Executive Director Jace Woodrum

By Jace Woodrum

"What starts in the South doesn't stay here. Funders should take note." Photo of Executive Director Jace Woodrum, a white man with short facial hair and thick rimmed glasses, speaking in front of the U.S. Capitol. The ACLU-SC logo is at bottom right.

A plea for Marion Bowman's life

We joined South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty delivering petitions to the governor. These are our comments.

By Paul Bowers

Petitioners, including a white woman in minister's garments and a Black man in a dress shirt, deliver petitions at a desk in the State House lobby.

State House Dispatch: Jan. 28, 2025

It's Project 2025, but local. We need your help fighting back.

By Paul Bowers

"State House Dispatch: Jan. 28, 2025. This Week Under the Copper Dome." Text appears over a yellow and blue stylized image of the South Carolina State House dome.

State House Dispatch: Jan. 21, 2025

This week under the copper dome: Inauguration, private school vouchers, and a juvenile justice emergency

By Paul Bowers

"State House Dispatch: Jan. 21, 2025. This Week Under the Copper Dome." Text appears over an image of the South Carolina State House dome.

The legislature is back. Get ready with us.

We sifted through every pre-filed bill for this session in the State House. Here’s what we found.

By Paul Bowers

"The legislature is back. Get ready with us." Text is overlaid on an aerial-view photo of people milling around in the State House lobby.

The ugly truth about school vouchers

6 reasons why South Carolina can't afford to throw away money on private schools

By Paul Bowers

"The ugly truth about school vouchers." Text appears over a photo of an abandoned and damaged classroom.

What happened with the Charleston County School Board election

Civil liberties were on the ballot. Here’s how we got involved and who won.

By Jace Woodrum

A tattered South Carolina flag hangs from a flagpole in front of the Charleston County School District office

My book faces a statewide ban in South Carolina. Here's why that matters.

Author Elana K. Arnold responds to an attempted ban on her novel Damsel across all grade levels

By Elana K. Arnold

Cover of Damsel by Elana K. Arnold

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