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NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health.
By Amanda Walgrove
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers SharePodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Matthew Beat give a glimpse into the ACLU’s new podcast covering some of the most influential court cases in history.
By Hibah Ansari
Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
Due to recent cuts to reporting requirements of deaths occurring after release, the complete number of deaths in and outside of detention could be even higher.
By Sofia Gonzalez
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the ACLU and how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's LegacyPodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
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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Tulsa’s Troubling Past is Not Far Removed from Its Present
Until the truth about the Tulsa massacre of 1921 is reckoned with, the stench of racism will hover on Tulsa.
By Jeffery Robinson
Until the truth about the Tulsa massacre of 1921 is reckoned with, the stench of racism will hover on Tulsa.
By Jeffery Robinson
The Skokie Case: How I Came To Represent The Free Speech Rights Of Nazis
In 1977, the ACLU of Illinois received a call from a Nazi leader complaining that his planned demonstration had been blocked. The ensuing legal...
By David Goldberger
In 1977, the ACLU of Illinois received a call from a Nazi leader complaining that his planned demonstration had been blocked. The ensuing legal...
By David Goldberger
How To Stop Your City from Spying on You
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Since this episode first ran in July, more American cities in California, Massachusetts, and Maine passed local laws to ban the...
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Since this episode first ran in July, more American cities in California, Massachusetts, and Maine passed local laws to ban the...
Across the Country Harsh Sentencing Laws are Tearing Apart Families and Communities
How one single mother lost everything, including her son because of Michigan’s outdated tough on crime sentencing laws.
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Kimberly Buddin-Crawford
How one single mother lost everything, including her son because of Michigan’s outdated tough on crime sentencing laws.
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Kimberly Buddin-Crawford
What We Do At The ACLU Told By Our Kids
For a special year-end holiday episode, we decided to ask some ACLU staff to have a conversation with their kids about the work they do. On this episode, you’ll hear kids learn about gerrymandering, how we inform legislation, the Keystone XL Pipeline and what kinds of snacks we keep nearby....
For a special year-end holiday episode, we decided to ask some ACLU staff to have a conversation with their kids about the work they do. On this episode, you’ll hear kids learn about gerrymandering, how we inform legislation, the Keystone XL Pipeline and what kinds of snacks we keep nearby....
Four Lawyers. Four Projects. One Non-Stop Year.
Attorneys reflect on 2019 and the year ahead—and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will impact the fight for civil rights and...
Attorneys reflect on 2019 and the year ahead—and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will impact the fight for civil rights and...
A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy.
By Sakira Cook, Maurice Emsellem
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy.
By Sakira Cook, Maurice Emsellem
10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019
2019 was full of historic moments, from Stonewall's 50th anniversary to the Supreme Court's first ever trans civil rights case. Here are 10...
By ACLU
2019 was full of historic moments, from Stonewall's 50th anniversary to the Supreme Court's first ever trans civil rights case. Here are 10...
By ACLU
A Case for Religious Liberty
At the ACLU, we receive lots of holiday mail, and not all of it brings tidings of comfort and joy. In this episode, we share a few letters that accuse the ACLU of being "anti-Christian" or "anti-religion.” To respond and dispel the falsehood, At Liberty spoke with Dan Mach, the director of the...
At the ACLU, we receive lots of holiday mail, and not all of it brings tidings of comfort and joy. In this episode, we share a few letters that accuse the ACLU of being "anti-Christian" or "anti-religion.” To respond and dispel the falsehood, At Liberty spoke with Dan Mach, the director of the...
A Tennessee City Banned Surgical Abortion Within the City Limits. We’re Taking Them to Court.
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
