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Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk
Targeting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights organization, is the Trump administration's latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.
By Mike Zamore
Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at RiskPodcast
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.
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 Right
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 CentersPodcast
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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The Songs That Helped ACLU Staffers Survive 2020
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you’re like some ACLU staffers, one note of help came quite literally from listening to music. For a special year-end holiday episode, we asked a few staffers to tell us which song provided the service of escape or inspiration or just comfort.
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you’re like some ACLU staffers, one note of help came quite literally from listening to music. For a special year-end holiday episode, we asked a few staffers to tell us which song provided the service of escape or inspiration or just comfort.
The FBI is Secretly Breaking Into Encrypted Devices. We’re Suing.
We can't let the FBI keep the public in the dark about its ability to gain access to information stored on our personal mobile devices.
By Arianna Demas, Felipe Escobedo
We can't let the FBI keep the public in the dark about its ability to gain access to information stored on our personal mobile devices.
By Arianna Demas, Felipe Escobedo
A Deportation Moratorium, What Comes Next for Biden?
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our...
By Madhuri Grewal
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our...
By Madhuri Grewal
CBP’s Plan to Expand Face Surveillance at Airports is a Civil Liberties Disaster in the Making
The government must retract its dangerous proposal, and the Biden administration must put the brakes on this country’s slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
The government must retract its dangerous proposal, and the Biden administration must put the brakes on this country’s slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
President-Elect Biden’s Voting Rights To-Do List
Trump’s assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration’s obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
Trump’s assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration’s obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
The Winner of the 2020 Election: Drug Legalization
The 2020 election was notable for a lot of reasons, but one winner really stood out: drug legalization. Five states legalized either medicinal or adult use of marijuana. Oregon and D.C. went even further and decriminalized or legalized hard drugs. And the momentum garnered from these...
The 2020 election was notable for a lot of reasons, but one winner really stood out: drug legalization. Five states legalized either medicinal or adult use of marijuana. Oregon and D.C. went even further and decriminalized or legalized hard drugs. And the momentum garnered from these...
They The People: The Biden Administration Must go Beyond Repealing Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights
Access to accurate IDs reduces violence and discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people.
By Arli Christian
Access to accurate IDs reduces violence and discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people.
By Arli Christian
Biden Can End the Mass Detention of Immigrants
This blog is the seventh in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Madhuri Grewal
This blog is the seventh in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Madhuri Grewal
A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete
Athletes are people, we have a voice, and we deserve to speak up when we experience discrimination.
By Noriana Radwan
Athletes are people, we have a voice, and we deserve to speak up when we experience discrimination.
By Noriana Radwan
What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing
In our series “100 Years of Racism in U.S. Policing,” we take a critical look at post-riot policing commissions over the last 100 years in four...
By ACLU
In our series “100 Years of Racism in U.S. Policing,” we take a critical look at post-riot policing commissions over the last 100 years in four...
By ACLU
