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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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Anthony Romero on Leading in Times of Crisis
Anthony Romero has been the Executive Director of the ACLU for nearly 20 years. He’s seen the organization through periods of massive growth and numerous national crises. Romero started the job just seven days before September 11, 2001. The subsequent so-called War on Terror presented new and...
Anthony Romero has been the Executive Director of the ACLU for nearly 20 years. He’s seen the organization through periods of massive growth and numerous national crises. Romero started the job just seven days before September 11, 2001. The subsequent so-called War on Terror presented new and...
The FDA is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We’re Suing.
Against a nationwide medical consensus, the FDA is forcing patients to endure life-threatening risks to access medication to end an early pregnancy...
By Julia Kaye
Against a nationwide medical consensus, the FDA is forcing patients to endure life-threatening risks to access medication to end an early pregnancy...
By Julia Kaye
ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices
Over a thousand pages of records begin to explain how ICE and CBP are using cell-site simulators. We’re suing to find out more.
By Alexia Ramirez
Over a thousand pages of records begin to explain how ICE and CBP are using cell-site simulators. We’re suing to find out more.
By Alexia Ramirez
Reparations – Has the Time Finally Come?
I have been in the reparations movement for nearly 50 years, and I’ve never been more optimistic about its chances for success.
By Nkechi Taifa
I have been in the reparations movement for nearly 50 years, and I’ve never been more optimistic about its chances for success.
By Nkechi Taifa
For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart
Betty was one of 1.4 million Floridians re-enfranchised by Amendment 4. This is her story on the fight to restore her rights.
Betty was one of 1.4 million Floridians re-enfranchised by Amendment 4. This is her story on the fight to restore her rights.
ICE’s Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives
ICE has been demonstrably dishonest with the courts and public about matters related to COVID-19 — so we're filing a FOIA request to uncover more...
ICE has been demonstrably dishonest with the courts and public about matters related to COVID-19 — so we're filing a FOIA request to uncover more...
“Nationals” but not “Citizens”: How the U.S. Denies Citizenship to American Samoans
American Samoans are Americans. It’s time we started treating them as such.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
American Samoans are Americans. It’s time we started treating them as such.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
Georgetown Students Demonstrate How Reparations Can Be Made to African-American Students
Institutions of higher education should establish reparation funds to finance the educations of African-Americans descended from slaves.
By V.P. Franklin
Institutions of higher education should establish reparation funds to finance the educations of African-Americans descended from slaves.
By V.P. Franklin
H.R. 40 Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice.
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role.
By Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role.
By Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
America, It Is Time to Talk About Reparations
If reparations are the right path for America, how do we get there? Join the ACLU for a tough but necessary conversation about racial justice.
By Jeffery Robinson
If reparations are the right path for America, how do we get there? Join the ACLU for a tough but necessary conversation about racial justice.
By Jeffery Robinson