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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.Podcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and 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 Liberties
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
In a 1965 case to combat racial and gender discrimination in jury selection, Pauli Murray's imaginative and visionary legal theory shows how pushing the boundaries of legal frameworks can expand who the Constitution protects.
By Hibah Ansari
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
By Cecillia Wang
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at StakePodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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Immigrant Kids Keep Dying in CBP Detention Centers, and DHS Won’t Take Accountability
By Cynthia Pompa
By Cynthia Pompa
As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights
By Naureen Shah
By Naureen Shah
Supreme Court Undermines Religious Neutrality In Permitting Giant Governmental Cross
By Daniel Mach, Heather L. Weaver
By Daniel Mach, Heather L. Weaver
The Next Frontier in Data Privacy
This week marks the one-year anniversary of arguably the most important privacy ruling of the digital age. In Carpenter v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they secured months’ worth of a robbery suspect's location information from his...
This week marks the one-year anniversary of arguably the most important privacy ruling of the digital age. In Carpenter v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they secured months’ worth of a robbery suspect's location information from his...
To Create a More Perfect Union, We the People Need Reparations to Heal Our Wounded Souls
This is a call for a reparatory justice curriculum to rewrite the story of our dispossession and the debt owed to the descendants of the enslaved...
By Joyce E. King
This is a call for a reparatory justice curriculum to rewrite the story of our dispossession and the debt owed to the descendants of the enslaved...
By Joyce E. King
Waking the Sleeping Giant: After Some States Pass Abortion Bans, Other States Pass New Protections
By Jessica Arons
By Jessica Arons
Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”
The Immigration System Is Inhumane. The Next President Must Dismantle It.
Stonewall at 50. ACLU at 100. A Legacy of Fighting for Justice and Equality.
We look back at some of the pivotal moments in the ACLU’s work to advance equality and justice for LGBTQ people and the work that remains today.
By ACLU
We look back at some of the pivotal moments in the ACLU’s work to advance equality and justice for LGBTQ people and the work that remains today.
By ACLU
Homan’s Appointment as Trump ‘Border Czar’ Will Continue the Administration’s Cruel Border Policies
