The ACLU of Iowa has staff in Des Moines to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil rights and civil liberties in Iowa.
Media inquiries should be sent via email to editor@aclu-ia.org or contact Communications Director Veronica Fowler at 515-207-0586.
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer.
Des Moines, Iowa — Nominations are now open for the ACLU of Iowa Mannheimer Youth Advocacy Award. The deadline is Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, and the winner receives a $500 prize.
St. Louis, Missouri — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU affiliates within the Eighth Circuit, and PEN America filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in Walls v. Sanders, a First Amendment challenge to Arkansas’s ban on “prohibited indoctrination” in K-12 public schools.
St. Paul, Minnesota — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sent a lawsuit challenging two provisions of Iowa’s SF 496—the book ban and “don’t say LGBTQ” provisions – back to a lower court, allowing the law to take effect just before students go back to school.
Des Moines, Iowa — The Des Moines City Council is trying to fast-track over the weekend a heartless ordinance that will penalize people for sleeping in public places and fine them $120.
Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court ruled today that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit cities from punishing unhoused people for sleeping in public, even if they hav