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Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
In response to Flock’s announcement of operational changes, the ACLU breaks down why many fall short.
By Chad Marlow
Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties ThreatPodcast
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.
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
Veterans reflect on their military service, the requirements of ground combat occupations, and the decade-long integration of women into those roles.
By Ricardo Mimbela
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan. Author and journalist Justine van der Leun calls for states to enact laws protecting criminalized survivors.
By Justine van der Leun
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
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.
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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...
By ACLU
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.
By ACLU
Four Myths About Trans Athletes, Debunked
Upholding trans athletes' rights requires rooting out the inaccurate beliefs underlying harmful policies sweeping through state legislatures.
By Chase Strangio, Gabriel Arkles
Upholding trans athletes' rights requires rooting out the inaccurate beliefs underlying harmful policies sweeping through state legislatures.
By Chase Strangio, Gabriel Arkles
Utah’s Shiny Surveillance Technology to Address COVID-19 Fails Miserably
Utah’s flopped attempt to question all travelers entering the state is a lesson for government leaders nationwide.
By Jason Stevenson
Utah’s flopped attempt to question all travelers entering the state is a lesson for government leaders nationwide.
By Jason Stevenson
Immigration Detention Was a Black Box Before COVID-19. Now, it’s a Death Trap.
We have experienced unprecedented, unchecked growth in the detention of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers over the last decade. Since...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho
We have experienced unprecedented, unchecked growth in the detention of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers over the last decade. Since...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho