News & Commentary
Top Stories
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process
Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.
By Arman Abrishamchian
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election ProcessPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Voters in Virginia have the chance to vote for a ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution and further protect reproductive freedom in the South.
By Hibah Ansari
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize their wealthy benefactors over them.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Latest stories
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...
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...
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 Esha Bhandari, Nathan Freed Wessler
We don’t lose our privacy rights at the airport or other U.S. ports of entry.
By 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...
In the early 1970s, ACLU lawyer Bruce Ennis successfully reformed New York City’s infamous institution for people with developmental...
Why I'm Fighting for Menstrual Equity in Prison
Access to tampons and pads for incarcerated people is a right, not a privilege. No one should have to beg for what they need to manage their...
By Kimberly Haven
Access to tampons and pads for incarcerated people is a right, not a privilege. No one should have to beg for what they need to manage their...
By Kimberly Haven
Monitoring Facebook for Ad Discrimination
Facebook has come under a lot of scrutiny lately, for everything from its policy on political ads to its logo. But one development that's gotten less attention is its new portal for advertisers. Now, advertisers for housing, employment, and credit no longer have the option to target their ads at...
Facebook has come under a lot of scrutiny lately, for everything from its policy on political ads to its logo. But one development that's gotten less attention is its new portal for advertisers. Now, advertisers for housing, employment, and credit no longer have the option to target their ads at...
We Said We Would See Him in Court and We Did
Fighting for your liberties under Donald Trump.
Fighting for your liberties under Donald Trump.
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
