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Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement
This Women’s History Month, the ACLU looks at how the Trump administration is pushing policies designed to keep women at home.
By Ming-Qi Chu, Ashley Johnson
Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights MovementPodcast
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.
Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban on Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-Saving Medicine
The ACLU is suing the state of West Virginia for its moratorium on clinics providing methadone, an opioid treatment that cuts the risk of overdose deaths in half.
By Sarah Stone, Joe Solomon
Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban on Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-Saving Medicine
'I Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration for Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, and Warrantless Arrests
Immigration arrests have upended life in Minnesota as citizens detail unlawful and violent interactions with ICE in court testimonies as part of an ACLU lawsuit against the Trump administration.
By Hibah Ansari
'I Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration for Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, and Warrantless Arrests
One Year Later: Georgetown Scholar Illegally Detained for His Speech Returns to Court
The ACLU is in court this week with Dr. Badar Khan Suri fighting the Trump administration’s unconstitutional attempt to re-detain him for exercising his First Amendment rights.
By Noor Zafar, Ellessandra Taormino
One Year Later: Georgetown Scholar Illegally Detained for His Speech Returns to CourtPodcast
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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Poetry, Prison, and the Pandemic
Our guest today is Reginald Dwayne Betts, a poet, memoirist, and legal scholar. Loyal listeners will remember our conversation from March of 2019. The episode was called “A Poet Gives a 360 Degree View of The Criminal Legal System,” and we talked about Dwayne’s journey from a teenage...
Our guest today is Reginald Dwayne Betts, a poet, memoirist, and legal scholar. Loyal listeners will remember our conversation from March of 2019. The episode was called “A Poet Gives a 360 Degree View of The Criminal Legal System,” and we talked about Dwayne’s journey from a teenage...
No One, Not Even Trump, is Above the Law
Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Put the Core of Our Democracy on the Line
By David Cole
Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Put the Core of Our Democracy on the Line
By David Cole
Our Vision for Equitable Marijuana Reform
Legalizing marijuana is vital, but to enact real change, states must include these essential policy reforms in any legalization package.
By ACLU
Legalizing marijuana is vital, but to enact real change, states must include these essential policy reforms in any legalization package.
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The ACLU, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Me
An inside look at the two lawyers who shepherded women's rights to the top of the ACLU's list of priorities — and the Supreme Court.
By Brenda Feigen
An inside look at the two lawyers who shepherded women's rights to the top of the ACLU's list of priorities — and the Supreme Court.
By Brenda Feigen
How to Protest in a Pandemic
Physical distancing measures have presented challenges, but people have found some creative ways to make sure their voices are heard.
By Emerson Sykes
Physical distancing measures have presented challenges, but people have found some creative ways to make sure their voices are heard.
By Emerson Sykes
A COVID-19 Balancing Act: Public Health and Privacy
As states begin to slowly loosen restrictions and stay at home orders, tech giants want to harness their products for contact tracing. How can we...
By ACLU
As states begin to slowly loosen restrictions and stay at home orders, tech giants want to harness their products for contact tracing. How can we...
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What Happened When I Needed an Abortion During the Pandemic
One woman’s story of trying to access abortion care in Tennessee during COVID-19.
By Anonymous Mother in Tennessee
One woman’s story of trying to access abortion care in Tennessee during COVID-19.
By Anonymous Mother in Tennessee
McDonald’s Employees are Working through the COVID-19 Pandemic. So Why Don’t They Have Access to Paid Sick and Family Leave?
No one should be forced to choose between going to work sick during a global pandemic or staying home and potentially losing their job.
By Nicole Regalado
No one should be forced to choose between going to work sick during a global pandemic or staying home and potentially losing their job.
By Nicole Regalado
COVID-19 Will Bring Mass Evictions Unless We Act Now
We must work to guarantee that no individual or family faces the loss of their home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Linda Morris, Sandra Park
We must work to guarantee that no individual or family faces the loss of their home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Linda Morris, Sandra Park
How the ACLU is Responding to the Pandemic, Visualized
We’re working nationwide to ensure ‘we the people’ truly means all of us.
By ACLU
We’re working nationwide to ensure ‘we the people’ truly means all of us.
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