News & Commentary about Civil Liberties

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Jun 16, 2022

New National Security Programs, Same Old Dangerous Patterns

A collage of images depicting prison labor.

Jun 15, 2022

Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers

Inmate firefighters creating a fire line.

Jun 15, 2022

Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude

Aimee Stephens, seated, her wife Donna Stephens, in pink, and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, at the far right listen during a news conference outside the Supreme Court.

Jun 15, 2022

How the Impact of Bostock v. Clayton County on LGBTQ Rights Continues to Expand

An ACLU client looking at family photos.

Jun 7, 2022

Border Patrol is Investigating Itself Following Deaths, Report Reveals

Woman holds a sign stating “Stop AAPI Hate.”

May 31, 2022

From Japanese American Incarceration to the China Initiative, Discrimination Against AAPI Communities Must End

May 18, 2022

What You Need to Know About ACLU Artist Ambassadors, Including Amber Heard

A Native American student is wearing an eagle feather to his high school graduation.

Apr 7, 2022

Indigenous Students Should Be Allowed to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation

A combination of illustrations depicting Black joy.

Mar 14, 2022

Three Artists Explain and Visualize What Black Joy Means to Them

Mar 10, 2022

Jon Batiste on Social Music, Family, and Freedom