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Aug 8, 2025

Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Violence Against Women Act Grants

A federal court in Rhode Island today issued a preliminary order blocking the Trump-Vance administration from enforcing many of the new unlawful restrictions on grants from the U.S. Department of Justice’s...

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Aug 5, 2025

ACLU of RI, GLAD Law, RI Center for Justice Respond to Brown University’s Agreement to Adopt Language from Trump Administration Anti-Transgender Executive Order

Brown University’s agreement with the Trump administration is profoundly disturbing. We are especially alarmed by the university’s seeming willingness to use transgender people as a bargaining chip by...

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Jul 25, 2025

RI Judge Grants Motion to Block Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities

Rhode Island District Judge Melissa R. DuBose has granted a request to temporarily block the Trump-Vance administration from adding harmful new restrictions on federal grant programs administered by the U.S...

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Jul 24, 2025

ACLU of RI Settles False Arrest Suit of Woonsocket Man for $550,000

Concluding a lawsuit involving a disturbing case of serious police misconduct, the ACLU of Rhode Island announced the favorable settlement of a case on behalf of Woonsocket resident Mack Blackie who was...

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Jul 21, 2025

Broad Nationwide Coalition Sues in Rhode Island to Block Trump Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants

New Certification Requirements Threaten Critical Services for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities

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Jul 14, 2025

ACLU of RI Calls on Attorney General to Release Body Camera Footage of Police Shooting of Pawtucket Resident

In a letter citing a lack of public transparency by the Pawtucket Police Department, the ACLU of Rhode Island today called on Attorney General (AG) Peter Neronha to immediately release all police body worn...