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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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Texas Is Planning an Execution Based on Fraudulent Testimony
The Supreme Court Rightly Cited the Black Codes in Ruling Against Excessive Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures
Laws Suppressing Boycotts of Israel Don’t Prevent Discrimination — They Violate Civil Liberties
By Brian Hauss
By Brian Hauss
I Moved to Colorado for Freedom as a Transgender Man. Instead, I Found Discrimination.
By Dashir Moore
By Dashir Moore
Alan Rusbridger on the Press in Times of Crisis
Alan Rusbridger is the former editor of The Guardian and author of "Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now." He joins At Liberty to discuss the state of journalism in the social media age: what has been lost in this information revolution and what has been gained?
Alan Rusbridger is the former editor of The Guardian and author of "Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now." He joins At Liberty to discuss the state of journalism in the social media age: what has been lost in this information revolution and what has been gained?
The Government Cannot Force E-mail Companies to Copy and Save Your Account ‘Just in Case’
By Melodi Dincer, Kristin M. Mulvey
By Melodi Dincer, Kristin M. Mulvey
A Supreme Court Milestone for Students’ Free Speech Rights
By Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker
By Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker
Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Declaration Is Illegal
By Anthony D. Romero
By Anthony D. Romero
Cops and No Counselors
How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
By ACLU
How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
By ACLU
A Wisconsin School District Shrugged After High School Coaches Body-Shamed Cheerleaders
By Emma J. Roth, Asma Kadri
By Emma J. Roth, Asma Kadri
