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Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment Right
Hundreds of people across the country have faced retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to record ICE and other federal agents deployed in their communities.
By Ellessandra Taormino, Sam LaFrance
Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment RightPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling that blows open the door for states and localities to create discriminatory voting maps. Here’s what you need to know about redistricting and voting rights in light of this decision.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their juvenile delinquency cases. Kids with disabilities and foster children are particularly vulnerable.
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS DecisionPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
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Derek Chauvin Verdict Means Accountability, Not Justice
Last year, the world watched Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd in plain sight after arresting him for an alleged counterfeit bill at a convenience store. The footage released from the encounter sparked an international movement as protesters took to the streets for months...
Last year, the world watched Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd in plain sight after arresting him for an alleged counterfeit bill at a convenience store. The footage released from the encounter sparked an international movement as protesters took to the streets for months...
Privacy Rights Do Not Come With a Price Tag
Apps you use every day collect and sell sensitive data that could wind up in government hands without your knowing it. A new bill would change that.
By Kate Ruane
Apps you use every day collect and sell sensitive data that could wind up in government hands without your knowing it. A new bill would change that.
By Kate Ruane
The Public Should Have Access to the Surveillance Court’s Opinions
Decisions related to the surveillance of Americans should not be kept hidden from the public.
By Charlie Hogle, Alex Abdo
Decisions related to the surveillance of Americans should not be kept hidden from the public.
By Charlie Hogle, Alex Abdo
Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped
On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.
By Yael Sheinfeld
On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.
By Yael Sheinfeld
COVID-19 May Fade, But Will the Tracking Tools Built to Fight It?
We must ensure that temporary COVID-19 data surveillance infrastructures do not needlessly outlast this once-in-a-century pandemic.
By Adeline Lee
We must ensure that temporary COVID-19 data surveillance infrastructures do not needlessly outlast this once-in-a-century pandemic.
By Adeline Lee
Special Report: Chase Strangio on the Legislative Assault on Trans Youth
At Liberty unpacks a year in which more than 100 bills attacking trans people have been introduced across the country, and where the ACLU is...
By ACLU
At Liberty unpacks a year in which more than 100 bills attacking trans people have been introduced across the country, and where the ACLU is...
By ACLU
Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped
On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror of his car. This story is...
On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror of his car. This story is...
The Computer Got it Wrong: Why We’re Taking the Detroit Police to Court Over a Faulty Face Recognition 'Match'
Face recognition technology turns everybody into a suspect and threatens our civil rights.
By Jeremy Shur, Deborah Won
Face recognition technology turns everybody into a suspect and threatens our civil rights.
By Jeremy Shur, Deborah Won
Police Must Not Create Digital Dossiers of Data from our Phones and Computers
Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
The Oscar Nominated Film Uplifting the Disability Rights Revolution
This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to tell the story of a summer camp that seeded a disability...
This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to tell the story of a summer camp that seeded a disability...