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These features are a round-up of the ACLU’s active work on the issues that have implications for your rights, freedoms and civil liberties. Read more for breaking updates, resources, our view, and how you can take action.
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The E-Verify program seeks to prevent unauthorized workers from gaining employment by requiring that everyone in the United States seek permission from the government...
Women are too often fired from or forced out of jobs when their employers learn that they are pregnant. Many employers fire pregnant workers on the spot, particularly in...
Throughout the country, extremist politicians are proposing (and in some cases passing) extreme measures that would rob women of the services they need to make personal...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's signing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963. This landmark piece of federal anti-discrimination law was one...
The ACLU works to end discrimination in the workplace and ensure that all workers — regardless of sex, race, national origin, age or disability—are able to bring home...
Did you know that private companies can patent genes in your body? A company called Myriad Genetics "owns" two genes known as BRCA 1 and BRCA2 –or Breast Cancer 1 and...
The economic crisis of 2008, which was devastating for the nation’s economy as a whole, was nothing short of disastrous for communities of color. The decades of...
Started in 1982, Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read and calls attention to the wealth of creative expression that is stifled when...
Voter turnout in the 2008 election was the most racially diverse in American history, closing the longstanding gap between white and minority voter participation. And in...