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Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education Nationwide
The ACLU, ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund reached a landmark settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to implement its own Indigenous education law.
By Lisa Francois
Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education NationwidePodcast
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...
ACLU Launches Largest Ever Midterm Electoral Program
We are spending millions across nine states to educate voters on critical races and ballot measures affecting abortion, LGBTQ rights, voting, fair courts, and democracy protections in the 2026 midterm elections.
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 for Tracking ALPR Cameras
Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
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.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...
ACLU Launches Largest Ever Midterm Electoral Program
We are spending millions across nine states to educate voters on critical races and ballot measures affecting abortion, LGBTQ rights, voting, fair courts, and democracy protections in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Land, Language, and Lifeways: What Native Americans Lost
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case that will decide whether nearly half of Oklahoma is legally an Indian Reservation. The Court’s decision could have massive implications for tribal sovereignty and subsequently, many other Native issues that are impacted by jurisdictional...
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case that will decide whether nearly half of Oklahoma is legally an Indian Reservation. The Court’s decision could have massive implications for tribal sovereignty and subsequently, many other Native issues that are impacted by jurisdictional...
Using Bail as Ransom Violates the Core Tenets of Pretrial Justice
Across the country, people are forced to surrender bail money to pay future debts before they’re ever convicted of a crime.
By Andrea Woods
Across the country, people are forced to surrender bail money to pay future debts before they’re ever convicted of a crime.
By Andrea Woods
The Government is Using its Foreign Intelligence Spying Powers for Routine Domestic Investigations
Congress gave the government exceptional surveillance powers to pursue foreign spies. It is abusing those powers to go after Americans in ordinary...
By Ashley Gorski, Patrick Toomey
Congress gave the government exceptional surveillance powers to pursue foreign spies. It is abusing those powers to go after Americans in ordinary...
By Ashley Gorski, Patrick Toomey
CBP Lied About Iranian-American Detentions, Leaked Memo Suggests
If this memo is authentic, CBP has been caught in a lie.
By Scarlet Kim, Hugh Handeyside
If this memo is authentic, CBP has been caught in a lie.
By Scarlet Kim, Hugh Handeyside
The Government Is Trying to Strip Student Workers of the Ability to Unionize
As an organization deeply devoted to both academic freedom and free association, we won’t stand by it.
By Arianna Demas
As an organization deeply devoted to both academic freedom and free association, we won’t stand by it.
By Arianna Demas
Harnessing History and Solidarity to Stop Migrant Detention
The U.S. has a long history of detaining and incarcerating communities of color under the auspice of protecting its national security. Today, on Korematsu Day, we honor and celebrate the legacy of those who stood up against the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. On this...
The U.S. has a long history of detaining and incarcerating communities of color under the auspice of protecting its national security. Today, on Korematsu Day, we honor and celebrate the legacy of those who stood up against the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. On this...
We’re Back in Court this Week Defending Access to Safe Abortion in Kentucky
Attacks on abortion access have left Kentucky with only one clinic left in the entire state.
By Amber Duke
Attacks on abortion access have left Kentucky with only one clinic left in the entire state.
By Amber Duke
One Year of Forced Return to Mexico; Three Years of Trump Dismantling the Asylum System
The administration’s most devastatingly comprehensive blueprint for halting immigration from non-European countries to the U.S..
By Ruthie Epstein
The administration’s most devastatingly comprehensive blueprint for halting immigration from non-European countries to the U.S..
By Ruthie Epstein
Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”
Human rights workers say people deported to Guatemala under a new Trump administration practice face dangerous conditions and an asylum system that...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Human rights workers say people deported to Guatemala under a new Trump administration practice face dangerous conditions and an asylum system that...
By Ashoka Mukpo
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective
Our authorities need to respond with cool heads, based on science, and without intruding any more than strictly necessary on people’s civil...
By Jay Stanley
Our authorities need to respond with cool heads, based on science, and without intruding any more than strictly necessary on people’s civil...
By Jay Stanley
