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A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process
Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.
By Arman Abrishamchian
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election ProcessPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Voters in Virginia have the chance to vote for a ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution and further protect reproductive freedom in the South.
By Hibah Ansari
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize their wealthy benefactors over them.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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At the Polls: Know Your Voting Rights
Tomorrow's the big day: Election Day! The last day to vote. Here at the ACLU, we have just one closing argument: Everyone should be able to vote, and everyone’s vote should be counted. So, we want to prepare you to know your rights when you head to the ballot box. We've prepared a short and...
Tomorrow's the big day: Election Day! The last day to vote. Here at the ACLU, we have just one closing argument: Everyone should be able to vote, and everyone’s vote should be counted. So, we want to prepare you to know your rights when you head to the ballot box. We've prepared a short and...
Rosika Schwimmer, Woman without a Country
After fleeing persecution, a Hungarian anti-war activist sought refuge in the United States, only to be rejected and scorned for her pacifism. Ever...
After fleeing persecution, a Hungarian anti-war activist sought refuge in the United States, only to be rejected and scorned for her pacifism. Ever...
What State Question 805 Has Already Won
State Question 805 has already achieved success by opening up an entirely new chapter in Oklahoma’s long journey toward ending mass incarceration.
By Taylor Pendergrass
State Question 805 has already achieved success by opening up an entirely new chapter in Oklahoma’s long journey toward ending mass incarceration.
By Taylor Pendergrass
The Dangers of Expanding What Can Be Patented In the Age of COVID-19
Patent proponents are pushing for permanent changes to patent law that will undermine medical practice and scientific research well after this...
Patent proponents are pushing for permanent changes to patent law that will undermine medical practice and scientific research well after this...
Moving Forward: Muslims Belong Here
This blog is the second in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Manar Waheed
This blog is the second in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Manar Waheed
What Will End Police Violence?
It’s almost half a year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and the country erupted in protest demanding change. It felt like a turning point in many ways, but was it?
It’s almost half a year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and the country erupted in protest demanding change. It felt like a turning point in many ways, but was it?
At the Polls, Episode 7: Why Do We Take Voting Rights Away in America?
Over five million people cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement laws, including one in five Black Americans.
By ACLU
Over five million people cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement laws, including one in five Black Americans.
By ACLU
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
New ACLU analysis finds discounting mail-in ballots would disenfranchise communities of color and distort election outcomes in key counties.
By Ben Fifield
New ACLU analysis finds discounting mail-in ballots would disenfranchise communities of color and distort election outcomes in key counties.
By Ben Fifield
We’re Ready for the Election
The ACLU is at the ready to act swiftly and use all of our resources to protect the vote.
By Sarah Brannon, Molly McGrath
The ACLU is at the ready to act swiftly and use all of our resources to protect the vote.
By Sarah Brannon, Molly McGrath
At the Polls: Why do we take voting rights away in America?
Over 5 million Americans are kept from the polls by laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting. While the intricacies of these laws vary from state to state, people who have been convicted of a felony are blocked from voting in one way or another in 48 states. But why do felony...
Over 5 million Americans are kept from the polls by laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting. While the intricacies of these laws vary from state to state, people who have been convicted of a felony are blocked from voting in one way or another in 48 states. But why do felony...