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A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles
For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court order. Now, those court-ordered protections are being challenged.
By Amanda Walgrove, Jonathan Newton
A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los AngelesPodcast
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.
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all.
By Yasmin Cader
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Florida’s Universities
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2022 on behalf of professors forced to censor race and gender in their instruction.
By Leah Watson
Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Florida’s Universities
One Year After President Trump Deployed National Guard Troops to Washington, D.C., Statehood is More Important Than Ever
Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents oppose the Trump administration’s continued deployment of the National Guard. The only way to make sure this never happens again is to make D.C. a state
By Monica Hopkins
One Year After President Trump Deployed National Guard Troops to Washington, D.C., Statehood is More Important Than EverPodcast
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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Police Divestment Efforts Must Include Universities
Young people on campuses around the country are calling for an end to private university policing.
By Sanjali De Silva
Young people on campuses around the country are calling for an end to private university policing.
By Sanjali De Silva
Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic — 3rd Edition
The third post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks at...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The third post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks at...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
"Crip Camp" Directors on the Overlooked Disability Rights Movement
July 26th marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA. The ADA is a federal law that requires businesses, employers, public facilities, schools, and transportation agencies to make accommodations for disabled people, and helps weed out basic discrimination. When...
July 26th marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA. The ADA is a federal law that requires businesses, employers, public facilities, schools, and transportation agencies to make accommodations for disabled people, and helps weed out basic discrimination. When...
Prosecutors Disappoint During Pandemic — 2nd Edition
The second post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The second post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
Communities Deserve Better Than Bayonets and Grenade Launchers: The Defense 1033 Program Must End Now
The 1033 program is the vehicle that enables militarized responses against protestors, at the Southern border, and to advance the failed drug war.
By Kanya Bennett
The 1033 program is the vehicle that enables militarized responses against protestors, at the Southern border, and to advance the failed drug war.
By Kanya Bennett
Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic
The first post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, LA,...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The first post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, LA,...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
How I Finally Met John Lewis
John Lewis will continue to be a force in all of our lives, and his legacy is a reminder that the arc of justice does not bend easily — and...
By Susan N. Herman
John Lewis will continue to be a force in all of our lives, and his legacy is a reminder that the arc of justice does not bend easily — and...
By Susan N. Herman
D.C. Statehood is a Racial Justice Issue
The legal and moral argument for D.C. statehood.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
The legal and moral argument for D.C. statehood.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
Incarcerated People are Still Dying of COVID-19, and We’re Still Fighting to Save Them
The pandemic should have been a wake-up call, but our criminal legal system continues to devalue the lives of incarcerated people.
By Somil Trivedi, Andrea Woods
The pandemic should have been a wake-up call, but our criminal legal system continues to devalue the lives of incarcerated people.
By Somil Trivedi, Andrea Woods
10x10: Join THE FIGHT
We can all become heroes in our own lives, in our own ways. In honor of 100 years of the ACLU, commit to 10 actions that take 10 minutes each to...
By ACLU
We can all become heroes in our own lives, in our own ways. In honor of 100 years of the ACLU, commit to 10 actions that take 10 minutes each to...
By ACLU
