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Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their juvenile delinquency cases. Kids with disabilities and foster children are particularly vulnerable.
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention CentersPodcast
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.
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse.
By Haddy Gassama
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup
The coalition has issued a travel advisory for fans, players, journalists, and other visitors attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdown.
By Alaina Ruffin, Jamil Dakwar
ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World CupPodcast
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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Experts Say 'Emotion Recognition' Lacks Scientific Foundation
By Jay Stanley
By Jay Stanley
Matters of Principle
In the early days of the ACLU, the California branches helped maintain the organization’s radicalism as the national organization became more and...
By Judy Kutulas
In the early days of the ACLU, the California branches helped maintain the organization’s radicalism as the national organization became more and...
By Judy Kutulas
Crystal Mason Thought She Had the Right to Vote. Texas Sentenced Her to Five Years in Prison for Trying.
The case of a Texas mother is a window into how the myth of voter fraud is being weaponized to suppress the vote
By Amrit Cheng
The case of a Texas mother is a window into how the myth of voter fraud is being weaponized to suppress the vote
By Amrit Cheng
Crystal Eastman, the ACLU’s Underappreciated Founding Mother
A preeminent organizer of her day, Eastman was a fierce champion of most of the major movements for social change in the early 20th century.
By Susan N. Herman
A preeminent organizer of her day, Eastman was a fierce champion of most of the major movements for social change in the early 20th century.
By Susan N. Herman
Pompeo’s New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good
By Jamil Dakwar, Sonia Gill
By Jamil Dakwar, Sonia Gill
We Can Cut Mass Incarceration by 50 Percent
By Taylor Pendergrass
By Taylor Pendergrass
How to Stop Your City From Spying on You
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Two American cities — San Francisco, Calif. and Somerville, Mass. — recently passed local laws to ban the use of facial...
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Two American cities — San Francisco, Calif. and Somerville, Mass. — recently passed local laws to ban the use of facial...
CBP Can’t Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks
By Hugh Handeyside, Anna Diakun
By Hugh Handeyside, Anna Diakun
#ProtectBlackDissent: Campaign to End Surveillance of Black Activists
Law enforcement in the United States have a long history of improperly surveilling and targeting Black leaders and activists who dare to call for...
By ACLU
Law enforcement in the United States have a long history of improperly surveilling and targeting Black leaders and activists who dare to call for...
By ACLU
The Trump Administration’s Proposed “Mixed Status” Housing Rule Is Another Form of Family Separation
By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski, Linda Morris
By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski, Linda Morris
