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Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling that blows open the door for states and localities to create discriminatory voting maps. Here’s what you need to know about redistricting and voting rights in light of this decision.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?Podcast
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.
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their juvenile delinquency cases. Kids with disabilities and foster children are particularly vulnerable.
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse.
By Haddy Gassama
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record DeathsPodcast
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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There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures
Dozens of state lawmakers have introduced nearly identical bills trying to keep trans youth from accessing health care and fully participating in...
By Rose Saxe
Dozens of state lawmakers have introduced nearly identical bills trying to keep trans youth from accessing health care and fully participating in...
By Rose Saxe
ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped
ICE just received the green light to destroy records — including those related to detention and civil rights violations — from as recently as...
By Kate Oh, Eunice Hyunhye Cho
ICE just received the green light to destroy records — including those related to detention and civil rights violations — from as recently as...
By Kate Oh, Eunice Hyunhye Cho
It’s Time to Transform What it Means to be a Prosecutor
Prosecutors can use their power to end mass incarceration and rectify racial disparities that for too long have defined our criminal legal system.
By ACLU
Prosecutors can use their power to end mass incarceration and rectify racial disparities that for too long have defined our criminal legal system.
By ACLU
Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments
Communities should protect immigrants rather than serve Trump’s agenda.
By Brian Tashman, Naureen Shah
Communities should protect immigrants rather than serve Trump’s agenda.
By Brian Tashman, Naureen Shah
The Regulation of Marriage and Sex
This Valentine's Day, we're re-running one of our favorite episodes. Melissa Murray, NYU Law professor and expert on the legal regulation of sex and sexuality joins us to discuss the legal institution of marriage as it has been used by and against marginalized people, and to consider the...
This Valentine's Day, we're re-running one of our favorite episodes. Melissa Murray, NYU Law professor and expert on the legal regulation of sex and sexuality joins us to discuss the legal institution of marriage as it has been used by and against marginalized people, and to consider the...
Deadline Looming, Strongest Surveillance Reform Bill Yet Emerges
It’s a Very Good First Step.
By Neema Singh Guliani
It’s a Very Good First Step.
By Neema Singh Guliani
Congress Should Outlaw State Attacks on Abortion Access
I’m testifying on Capitol Hill today in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act, because my patients in Alabama deserve better than...
By Yashica Robinson, MD
I’m testifying on Capitol Hill today in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act, because my patients in Alabama deserve better than...
By Yashica Robinson, MD
The Trump Administration Wants Health Insurance Companies to Drop Abortion Coverage from Your Insurance Plan
The administration passed a new rule that would impose more than $1 billion in unnecessary costs in an effort to coerce insurance companies to stop...
By Meagan Burrows
The administration passed a new rule that would impose more than $1 billion in unnecessary costs in an effort to coerce insurance companies to stop...
By Meagan Burrows
Hey Clearview, Your Misleading PR Campaign Doesn’t Make Your Face Surveillance Product Any Less Dystopian
Accurate or not, Clearview's face surveillance technology in law enforcement hands will end privacy as we know it.
By Jacob Snow
Accurate or not, Clearview's face surveillance technology in law enforcement hands will end privacy as we know it.
By Jacob Snow
How Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Broke Through in Iowa
Voters backed candidates who supported Rights for All.
By Ronald Newman, Michelle Fraling
Voters backed candidates who supported Rights for All.
By Ronald Newman, Michelle Fraling
