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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 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.
'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 Stake
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In "Let the Record Show," the ACLU's newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional. It's led to an array of landmark decisions that continue to protect our civil liberties today.
By Vanessa Mbonu, Hibah Ansari
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power TodayPodcast
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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Lawsuit Challenges Discriminatory Housing Policy in Chesterfield County, Virginia
By Jennifer Safstrom, ACLU Analytics
By Jennifer Safstrom, ACLU Analytics
New Hampshire Repealed the Death Penalty
By Jeanne Hruska
By Jeanne Hruska
The Hypocrisy of William Barr's Spying Claims
By Ashley Gorski
By Ashley Gorski
Who Controls Our Genes? Congress Is Deciding Right Now and It Could Harm Our Health.
Abortion Rights for All Means Your Access to Abortion Shouldn’t Depend on Where You Live or How Much You Make
The Latest Assault on Abortion Rights
In the last few months, six states have passed laws that essentially ban abortion, and several other states have similar bills pending. Restrictions on access to abortion have been building for decades since the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that abortion is a constitutional right. But these...
In the last few months, six states have passed laws that essentially ban abortion, and several other states have similar bills pending. Restrictions on access to abortion have been building for decades since the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that abortion is a constitutional right. But these...
Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Agenda Will Keep Foster Children From Having a Loving Home
By Leslie Cooper
By Leslie Cooper
No Human Rights On The High Seas
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, and the New York-based law firm, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, filed a...
By Thomas Dresslar
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, and the New York-based law firm, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, filed a...
By Thomas Dresslar
Terrorism and Economic Injustice After Enslavement
To historically address the issue of reparations, it is important to excavate the past and understand the many ways that seemingly random events...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
To historically address the issue of reparations, it is important to excavate the past and understand the many ways that seemingly random events...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
The Government Needs to Get a Warrant if It Wants Access to Our Private Health Information
By Nathan Freed Wessler
By Nathan Freed Wessler
