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Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Matthew Beat give a glimpse into the ACLU’s new podcast covering some of the most influential court cases in history.
By Hibah Ansari
Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'Podcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
Due to recent cuts to reporting requirements of deaths occurring after release, the complete number of deaths in and outside of detention could be even higher.
By Sofia Gonzalez
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the ACLU and how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
In our series, the ACLU has teamed up with artists, authors, Hachette Book Group, and content creators to share books that have helped them better understand civil liberties and civil rights, fight for our communities and our Constitution, and increase engagement in creating a more perfect union.
By Hibah Ansari
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil LibertiesPodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
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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No More Forced Prayers in School
In a victory for the separation of church and state, a Tennessee school district must stop sponsoring official prayers and imposing religion on...
By Heather L. Weaver
In a victory for the separation of church and state, a Tennessee school district must stop sponsoring official prayers and imposing religion on...
By Heather L. Weaver
At the Polls, Episode 1: What to Expect on Election Day 2020
We don’t yet know how long it will take, but what’s certain already is that Election 2020 will be one for the history books.
By ACLU
We don’t yet know how long it will take, but what’s certain already is that Election 2020 will be one for the history books.
By ACLU
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.
It's time that we abolish the doctrine and begin funneling resources away from law enforcement and into community services.
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
