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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 PhotosPodcast
Where Everybody Knows Your Rights
This week, we’re showing thanks to everyone who's stepping up for our collective civil liberties, with a People Power potluck! And we’ve got a seat at the table for you. Our guest of honor is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
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.
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship, but the fight is heading to the Supreme Court.
By Cody Wofsy
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next
Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your Rights
Equally important, but less revered than voting; jury service is a powerful tool for holding the government accountable. ACLU experts answer your questions about jury service.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your RightsPodcast
Where Everybody Knows Your Rights
This week, we’re showing thanks to everyone who's stepping up for our collective civil liberties, with a People Power potluck! And we’ve got a seat at the table for you. Our guest of honor is...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
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Marriage as a Tool of White Supremacy (ep.71)
The Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark ACLU case decided in 1967. But the government‘s regulation of marriage and sex didn’t start with anti-miscegenation laws or end with Loving. Melissa Murray — an expert in family law,...
The Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark ACLU case decided in 1967. But the government‘s regulation of marriage and sex didn’t start with anti-miscegenation laws or end with Loving. Melissa Murray — an expert in family law,...
Why Have a Forum on Reparations in Charleston and Why Now?
The ACLU and National African American Reparations Commission are partnering to hold a panel on H.R. 40 in Charleston. Here's why.
By Jeffery Robinson
The ACLU and National African American Reparations Commission are partnering to hold a panel on H.R. 40 in Charleston. Here's why.
By Jeffery Robinson
Abortion is Legal in All 50 States, and We Intend to Keep It That Way
Alabama is just the latest example win in the fight to keep abortion accessible.
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
Alabama is just the latest example win in the fight to keep abortion accessible.
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
The FBI is Tracking Our Faces in Secret. We’re Suing.
There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.
By Kade Crockford
There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.
By Kade Crockford
The First Step Act was Exactly that, a First Step. What Comes Next?
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their plans for fixing the First Step...
By Kanya Bennett
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their plans for fixing the First Step...
By Kanya Bennett
A Humanitarian Crisis of Our Own Making
As a result of a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their cases, tens of thousands of people are stranded in squalid and dangerous conditions on the other side of the southern border. Scores of people who are fleeing persecution have been...
As a result of a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their cases, tens of thousands of people are stranded in squalid and dangerous conditions on the other side of the southern border. Scores of people who are fleeing persecution have been...
Why is Missouri So Afraid of Finding out Whether Lamar Johnson is Innocent of Murder?
A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that...
By Somil Trivedi, Anthony Rothert
A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that...
By Somil Trivedi, Anthony Rothert
South Dakota Governor Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters
The state's quick retreat should serve as a lesson for other legislatures: if you criminalize protest, we will sue.
By Vera Eidelman
The state's quick retreat should serve as a lesson for other legislatures: if you criminalize protest, we will sue.
By Vera Eidelman
I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw.
Overcrowded shelters, kidnappings, and unsanitary living conditions are the norm in a growing humanitarian crisis.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Overcrowded shelters, kidnappings, and unsanitary living conditions are the norm in a growing humanitarian crisis.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Patients’ Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care
We’re challenging the Trump administration’s refusals rule in court, because religion isn’t license to discriminate.
By Lindsey Kaley
We’re challenging the Trump administration’s refusals rule in court, because religion isn’t license to discriminate.
By Lindsey Kaley
