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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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McDonald’s Employees are Working through the COVID-19 Pandemic. So Why Don’t They Have Access to Paid Sick and Family Leave?
No one should be forced to choose between going to work sick during a global pandemic or staying home and potentially losing their job.
By Nicole Regalado
No one should be forced to choose between going to work sick during a global pandemic or staying home and potentially losing their job.
By Nicole Regalado
COVID-19 Will Bring Mass Evictions Unless We Act Now
We must work to guarantee that no individual or family faces the loss of their home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Linda Morris
We must work to guarantee that no individual or family faces the loss of their home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Linda Morris
How the ACLU is Responding to the Pandemic, Visualized
We’re working nationwide to ensure ‘we the people’ truly means all of us.
By ACLU
We’re working nationwide to ensure ‘we the people’ truly means all of us.
By ACLU
Four Myths About Trans Athletes, Debunked
Upholding trans athletes' rights requires rooting out the inaccurate beliefs underlying harmful policies sweeping through state legislatures.
By Chase Strangio
Upholding trans athletes' rights requires rooting out the inaccurate beliefs underlying harmful policies sweeping through state legislatures.
By Chase Strangio
Utah’s Shiny Surveillance Technology to Address COVID-19 Fails Miserably
Utah’s flopped attempt to question all travelers entering the state is a lesson for government leaders nationwide.
By Jason Stevenson
Utah’s flopped attempt to question all travelers entering the state is a lesson for government leaders nationwide.
By Jason Stevenson
Immigration Detention Was a Black Box Before COVID-19. Now, it’s a Death Trap.
We have experienced unprecedented, unchecked growth in the detention of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers over the last decade. Since...
We have experienced unprecedented, unchecked growth in the detention of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers over the last decade. Since...
A COVID-19 Balancing Act: Public Health and Privacy
Over the next month, states will start to loosen their COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions. Some of us will return to work, gather in small groups, and maybe even dine at a neighborhood restaurant. But what will it take to keep us safe and prevent new spikes in infections? Many experts say we will...
Over the next month, states will start to loosen their COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions. Some of us will return to work, gather in small groups, and maybe even dine at a neighborhood restaurant. But what will it take to keep us safe and prevent new spikes in infections? Many experts say we will...
Federal Bill Would Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Help Stop Spread of COVID-19
The Emergency Community Supervision Act requires the Bureau of Prisons to immediately place vulnerable individuals in home confinement or other...
By Charlotte Resing
The Emergency Community Supervision Act requires the Bureau of Prisons to immediately place vulnerable individuals in home confinement or other...
By Charlotte Resing
They Were Willing to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice for the U.S., but Trump Won't Let Them Become Americans
We're representing thousands of non-citizen U.S. military service members in a class-action lawsuit against the Pentagon demanding their right to...
By Scarlet Kim, Noor Zafar
We're representing thousands of non-citizen U.S. military service members in a class-action lawsuit against the Pentagon demanding their right to...
By Scarlet Kim, Noor Zafar
We're Going to Court on April 27 to Strike Down This Poll Tax for Good
We're back in court to win the ability to vote for hundreds of thousands of eligible Florida voters currently being denied that basic right.
By Daniel Tilley
We're back in court to win the ability to vote for hundreds of thousands of eligible Florida voters currently being denied that basic right.
By Daniel Tilley
