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What "Let the Record Show" Teaches About How We Can Take Action to Protect Public School Students’ and Families’ Religious Freedom
In the ACLU's latest podcast, we learn about a 1962 Supreme Court decision recognizing that official, government-sponsored prayers in public schools are unconstitutional. As the fight for religious freedom continues, we've provided ideas for families who want to push back against laws that would impose religious doctrine and practices in public schools today.
By Hibah Ansari, Sahai John
What "Let the Record Show" Teaches About How We Can Take Action to Protect Public School Students’ and Families’ Religious FreedomPodcast
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.
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 Process
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.Podcast
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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The Time Is Now: Congress Must Pass Citizenship Legislation
Americans delivered a mandate to Congress and President Biden: fix our broken immigration system.
By Naureen Shah
Americans delivered a mandate to Congress and President Biden: fix our broken immigration system.
By Naureen Shah
The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes
Opponents of trans rights have moved from attacking trans students in restrooms to attackingtrans students in sports.
By ACLU
Opponents of trans rights have moved from attacking trans students in restrooms to attackingtrans students in sports.
By ACLU
Organizer LaTosha Brown on Building the New South
This country watched as the people of Georgia helped deliver both the presidency and the Senate to the Democrats this past election cycle, defying the perception that the state was a Republican stronghold. After Stacey Abrams’ contentious loss in the 2018 race for governor, the effort to thwart...
This country watched as the people of Georgia helped deliver both the presidency and the Senate to the Democrats this past election cycle, defying the perception that the state was a Republican stronghold. After Stacey Abrams’ contentious loss in the 2018 race for governor, the effort to thwart...
President Biden: Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students
To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools.
By West Resendes
To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools.
By West Resendes
Breaking Down Systemic Racism Through Collective Action in the South
As part of our Systemic Equality campaign, over the next two years the ACLU will be investing directly in Southern states and our Southern...
By JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist
As part of our Systemic Equality campaign, over the next two years the ACLU will be investing directly in Southern states and our Southern...
By JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist
How Did ICE Deport a Survivor of the Walmart Shooting?
Biden must end the use of detainers and other ICE programs that only bring pain and anguish.
Biden must end the use of detainers and other ICE programs that only bring pain and anguish.
If the Biden Administration Is Serious About Protecting Voting Rights, Here's What It Should Do Immediately
Biden has a real opportunity to restore faith in our democracy and move us closer to an electoral system representative of all Americans.
Biden has a real opportunity to restore faith in our democracy and move us closer to an electoral system representative of all Americans.
My Genderless ID Makes Me Feel Safe
Trans and non-binary people often experience discrimination related to gender markers leading to a fear of violence when we must show our IDs.
By Spencer Garcia
Trans and non-binary people often experience discrimination related to gender markers leading to a fear of violence when we must show our IDs.
By Spencer Garcia
Google This: Algorithmic Oppression
Algorithmic technology is deployed to automate, systematize, and optimize every facet of our lives — but at what cost?
By ACLU
Algorithmic technology is deployed to automate, systematize, and optimize every facet of our lives — but at what cost?
By ACLU
Merrick Garland Can Transform the Department of Justice. Will He?
By the end of his confirmation hearing, we should know if Merrick Garland will be an attorney general dedicated to justice and equality — or if...
By Cecillia Wang, Jeffery Robinson, Louise Melling, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
By the end of his confirmation hearing, we should know if Merrick Garland will be an attorney general dedicated to justice and equality — or if...
By Cecillia Wang, Jeffery Robinson, Louise Melling, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
