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‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
By Hibah Ansari, Lora Strum
‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship ThreatsPodcast
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.
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating their rights.
By Emily Reina Dindial
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments
The ACLU is at the Supreme Court for oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. Follow live coverage of the fight to defend birthright citizenship.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments
How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State
As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants.
By Allegra Harpootlian
How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance StatePodcast
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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Whistleblowers Are Public Servants. We Must Protect Them.
There is no law protecting an intelligence community whistleblower's identity from disclosure or protecting them from retaliatory investigations....
By Kate Ruane
There is no law protecting an intelligence community whistleblower's identity from disclosure or protecting them from retaliatory investigations....
By Kate Ruane
Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California
Through narratives, public records, archival materials, and images, Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California debunks California’s...
By Candice Francis
Through narratives, public records, archival materials, and images, Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California debunks California’s...
By Candice Francis
The Size of Your Wallet Should Never Determine Your Freedom
We’re suing to put officials in North Carolina and across the country on notice: current bail practices in are unconstitutional, violate...
By Twyla Carter, Leah Kang
We’re suing to put officials in North Carolina and across the country on notice: current bail practices in are unconstitutional, violate...
By Twyla Carter, Leah Kang
Trump Administration Forgoes Petition to Supreme Court in Jane Doe Case
Our lower court victory that ensured unaccompanied immigrants minors can access abortion stands after the government declines to petition Supreme...
By Meagan Burrows
Our lower court victory that ensured unaccompanied immigrants minors can access abortion stands after the government declines to petition Supreme...
By Meagan Burrows
We’re Suing South Carolina For Driving People Into Poverty
In South Carolina people who can’t pay traffic tickets are trapped in a cycle of lost jobs and opportunities, poverty, and debt. We're suing to...
By Nusrat Choudhury
In South Carolina people who can’t pay traffic tickets are trapped in a cycle of lost jobs and opportunities, poverty, and debt. We're suing to...
By Nusrat Choudhury
Three Common Privacy Misconceptions That Companies Love
Privacy-invading companies love it that people feel helpless, but now is the time for people to trade resignation for activism.
By Jay Stanley
Privacy-invading companies love it that people feel helpless, but now is the time for people to trade resignation for activism.
By Jay Stanley
Why the FBI Ignores White Supremacist Violence
The FBI is supposed to keep us safe, protect our rights, and defend the rule of law. Yet for more than a century, the FBI has aggressively targeted dissidents, gone after minorities, and overstepped its authority in ways that have defined American policing. Mike German, a former FBI agent,...
The FBI is supposed to keep us safe, protect our rights, and defend the rule of law. Yet for more than a century, the FBI has aggressively targeted dissidents, gone after minorities, and overstepped its authority in ways that have defined American policing. Mike German, a former FBI agent,...
Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can’t Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices
We don’t lose our privacy rights at the airport or other U.S. ports of entry.
By Hugh Handeyside, Esha Bhandari, Nathan Freed Wessler
We don’t lose our privacy rights at the airport or other U.S. ports of entry.
By Hugh Handeyside, Esha Bhandari, Nathan Freed Wessler
Oklahomans Just Made History — and They Can Do it Again
Oklahomans are ready to shed their title as one of the incarceration capitals of the world. This is the next step.
By Taylor Pendergrass
Oklahomans are ready to shed their title as one of the incarceration capitals of the world. This is the next step.
By Taylor Pendergrass
Cleaning Up the Snake Pit
In the early 1970s, ACLU lawyer Bruce Ennis successfully reformed New York City’s infamous institution for people with developmental...
By Aryeh Neier
In the early 1970s, ACLU lawyer Bruce Ennis successfully reformed New York City’s infamous institution for people with developmental...
By Aryeh Neier
