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Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos
From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year.
By Johanna Silver
Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in PhotosPodcast
Where Everybody Knows Your Rights
This week, we’re showing thanks to everyone who's stepping up for our collective civil liberties, with a People Power potluck! And we’ve got a seat at the table for you. Our guest of honor is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport.
By Haddy Gassama
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship, but the fight is heading to the Supreme Court.
By Cody Wofsy
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next
Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your Rights
Equally important, but less revered than voting; jury service is a powerful tool for holding the government accountable. ACLU experts answer your questions about jury service.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your RightsPodcast
Where Everybody Knows Your Rights
This week, we’re showing thanks to everyone who's stepping up for our collective civil liberties, with a People Power potluck! And we’ve got a seat at the table for you. Our guest of honor is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
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At the Polls: What Will Election Night Look Like in a Global Pandemic?
For the launch of our podcast series, At the Polls, we are answering your questions about voting in the lead up to the election. Our first question is: What will election night look like in a global pandemic?
For the launch of our podcast series, At the Polls, we are answering your questions about voting in the lead up to the election. Our first question is: What will election night look like in a global pandemic?
Election Season is Here. Are You Ready to Vote?
Make your plan to vote, starting with your state’s vote by mail options: aclu.org/voter.
By Molly McGrath
Make your plan to vote, starting with your state’s vote by mail options: aclu.org/voter.
By Molly McGrath
The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant
Too often, our immigration system is used as a tool of discrimination and oppression, rather than as a tool of justice, and the consequences are dire.
By ACLU
Too often, our immigration system is used as a tool of discrimination and oppression, rather than as a tool of justice, and the consequences are dire.
By ACLU
The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant
Immigrant communities are often asked to “get right with the law,” but is the law right in the first place? That’s what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the Shadows. She taps her experience as the daughter of immigrants and as an immigration attorney to ask whether...
Immigrant communities are often asked to “get right with the law,” but is the law right in the first place? That’s what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the Shadows. She taps her experience as the daughter of immigrants and as an immigration attorney to ask whether...
Lower Courts Agree — It's Time to End Qualified Immunity
It's time that we abolish the doctrine and begin funneling resources away from law enforcement and into community services.
By April Rodriguez
It's time that we abolish the doctrine and begin funneling resources away from law enforcement and into community services.
By April Rodriguez
The Trump Administration's Attack on Abortion Access Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color Already Devastated by COVID-19
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA restriction on medication for early abortion that disproportionately harms...
By Rachel Reeves
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA restriction on medication for early abortion that disproportionately harms...
By Rachel Reeves
ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to...
By Vasudha Talla
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to...
By Vasudha Talla
For Black Immigrants, Police and ICE Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Millions have poured onto the streets to yell “Black Lives Matter.” Advocates from Black immigrant communities say that should include theirs...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Millions have poured onto the streets to yell “Black Lives Matter.” Advocates from Black immigrant communities say that should include theirs...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our Democracy
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction — a situation made even more dire by the global health crisis. Congress responded by instating an...
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction — a situation made even more dire by the global health crisis. Congress responded by instating an...
My Brother’s Not Afraid of Much. With COVID-19 in Prison, He’s Scared Out of His Mind.
Scott Clements, a lifelong New Jerseyan, is fighting to save the life of his brother Brian, who faces a heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in...
By Scott Clements
Scott Clements, a lifelong New Jerseyan, is fighting to save the life of his brother Brian, who faces a heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in...
By Scott Clements
