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Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
In response to Flock’s announcement of operational changes, the ACLU breaks down why many fall short.
By Chad Marlow for Tracking ALPR Cameras
Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties ThreatPodcast
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.
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
Veterans reflect on their military service, the requirements of ground combat occupations, and the decade-long integration of women into those roles.
By Ricardo Mimbela
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan. Author and journalist Justine van der Leun calls for states to enact laws protecting criminalized survivors.
By Justine van der Leun
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles
For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court order. Now, those court-ordered protections are being challenged.
By Amanda Walgrove, Jonathan Newton
A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los AngelesPodcast
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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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
When the State Kills Those Who Didn’t Kill
27 states allow executions of people who took part in a felony that led to a death, even if they didn’t kill anyone. Charles Burton is one of...
By Ashoka Mukpo
27 states allow executions of people who took part in a felony that led to a death, even if they didn’t kill anyone. Charles Burton is one of...
By Ashoka Mukpo
The Case for D.C. Statehood
Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents currently lack full political representation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents them in the House of Representatives, is currently leading an initiative to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents currently lack full political representation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents them in the House of Representatives, is currently leading an initiative to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.