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.

Individuals in a group holding ACLU-branded signs saying "We the People," and "You Can't Legislate Away Our Existence."

Mar 19, 2024

State Legislative Sessions: How They Impact Your Rights

Mar 6, 2024

Despair and Resignation Are Not A Strategy: How to Fight Back In A Second Trump Term.

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Feb 22, 2024

Challenging the Racist Death Penalty in North Carolina

A sign reading FREE SPEECH is held aloft by person protesting immigration laws banning some Muslims at Battery Park in Manhattan in 2017 in New York City

Feb 20, 2024

Defending Speech We Hate

Someone holding a sign that says The Fight Is Far From Finished.

Dec 21, 2023

Looking to the Future: 2024 at the ACLU

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Dec 21, 2023

ACLU Kids Tell Us How We Can Do Better

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Dec 8, 2023

ACLU Wins: 8 Victories We Celebrated in 2023

Nov 22, 2023

2023 at the ACLU: Our Year in Stories

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Nov 21, 2023

Glennon Doyle on Leading Loved Ones in the Fight for Justice

Demonstrators perform a die-in symbolizing the amount of people dying from AIDS, Monday, August 17, 1992, in Houston. Hundreds of police and gay rights activists clashed outside the Republican National Convention Monday night as protesters sought to block a street near the Astrodome.

Oct 19, 2023

How ACT UP Changed the Face of AIDS and Activism