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‘Voting By Mail is My Lifeline’: Voter With Disability Shares Importance of Mail-In Voting
One voter with cerebral palsy shares how Trump’s executive order against mail-in ballots limits voting accessibility and keeps voters with disabilities out of the election process.
By Nick Papadopoulos
‘Voting By Mail is My Lifeline’: Voter With Disability Shares Importance of Mail-In VotingPodcast
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.
Congress Must Preserve Military Women’s Ability to Serve in Ground Combat Roles
After a decade of progress, the Trump administration wants to turn back the clock for women serving in ground combat roles. Congress must act.
By Vania Leveille
Congress Must Preserve Military Women’s Ability to Serve in Ground Combat Roles
ACLU Calls on Congress to to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
ACLU and partners urged members of Congress during Community Safety Week to pass legislation that allows people to sue federal law enforcement when they violate their rights.
By Nicole Ndumele, Nina Patel
ACLU Calls on Congress to to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk
Targeting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights organization, is the Trump administration's latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.
By Mike Zamore
Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at RiskPodcast
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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Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding
Proposal from Health and Human Services would allow discrimination based on faith — including people who are Jewish, Muslim, Catholic — as well...
By Louise Melling
Proposal from Health and Human Services would allow discrimination based on faith — including people who are Jewish, Muslim, Catholic — as well...
By Louise Melling
Immigrants’ Rights are at Stake in Local Colorado Elections
Holding Aurora, CO City Council Candidates Accountable on Immigrant Detention Conditions
By Anna Dardick, Jen Samano
Holding Aurora, CO City Council Candidates Accountable on Immigrant Detention Conditions
By Anna Dardick, Jen Samano
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
