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Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025
This year’s most-read ACLU stories trace a nation grappling with military overreach, attacks on the press, threats to immigrant and transgender communities, and the fight for justice in response.
By ACLU
Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025Podcast
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...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment.
By Hibah Ansari
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos
From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year.
By Johanna Silver
Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport.
By Haddy Gassama
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.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...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
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A Tennessee City Banned Surgical Abortion Within the City Limits. We’re Taking Them to Court.
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.
For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.
By Tarek Ismail, Scarlet Kim
For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.
By Tarek Ismail, Scarlet Kim
We’re Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can’t Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers
The Trump administration is doing everything it can to eliminate due process for people fleeing persecution.
By Kate Huddleston
The Trump administration is doing everything it can to eliminate due process for people fleeing persecution.
By Kate Huddleston
A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet
Everyone deserves to be able to use the Internet without being subject to mass surveillance.
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Jay Stanley
Everyone deserves to be able to use the Internet without being subject to mass surveillance.
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Jay Stanley
Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination — We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point
Our discussion of the tampon tax must include every person who menstruates.
By Gabriel Arkles, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Our discussion of the tampon tax must include every person who menstruates.
By Gabriel Arkles, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
It’s Clear: In Oklahoma Cash Bail is Being Used as Ransom to Keep People Who Are Poor Behind Bars
In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. That’s why we sued.
By Twyla Carter, Megan Lambert, Claudia Center, Zoe Brennan-Krohn
In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. That’s why we sued.
By Twyla Carter, Megan Lambert, Claudia Center, Zoe Brennan-Krohn
In the Midst of Trump’s Attacks, Offshoots of Progress in Congress for Immigrants’ Rights
Even in today’s challenging political climate, we are seeing our immigrants’ rights movement grow and gain momentum.
By Madhuri Grewal
Even in today’s challenging political climate, we are seeing our immigrants’ rights movement grow and gain momentum.
By Madhuri Grewal
2019 was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement
The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. These are the achievements and developments...
By Amy Fettig
The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. These are the achievements and developments...
By Amy Fettig
Trump's War Pardons Are Sabotaging the Military Justice System
Victims of America's war crimes had little means of accountability. Now, even that is being eviscerated.
By Noor Zafar
Victims of America's war crimes had little means of accountability. Now, even that is being eviscerated.
By Noor Zafar
The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions
Public support for the death penalty is at the lowest point in decades. The number of states prohibiting executions has more than doubled in the...
By Cassandra Stubbs
Public support for the death penalty is at the lowest point in decades. The number of states prohibiting executions has more than doubled in the...
By Cassandra Stubbs