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One Year In: Defending the Constitution Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we fought back and what comes next.
By Anthony D. Romero
One Year In: Defending the Constitution Under a Second Trump AdministrationPodcast
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...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained
President Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the act, which is a rarely used power that Congress intended only for extreme emergencies. We break down what this means for our civil liberties.
By ACLU
Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained
Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on AI Regulation, and Where We Go From Here
From protecting your privacy to ensuring new technology accounts for inclusivity, ACLU experts explain what’s at stake in the AI policy sphere and the steps advocates and lawmakers can take to regulate AI
By Amelia Quezada, Ricardo Mimbela
Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on AI Regulation, and Where We Go From Here
Executions Spiked in 2025, but the Death Penalty Is Still Losing Ground
As executions surged to their highest level in years, public support, jury verdicts, and new death sentences continued a historic decline—exposing a punishment sustained by political power, not public will.
By Cassandra Stubbs
Executions Spiked in 2025, but the Death Penalty Is Still Losing GroundPodcast
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...
Conversation Guide
Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
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Three Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate
Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.
By Anu Joshi
Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.
By Anu Joshi
W. Kamau Bell and Michigan's Top Rap Stars Get Down for Voting Rights
At the last stop on the ACLU's Know Your Rights Bus Tour, a live podcast taping with the comedian W. Kamau Bell and a rap concert featuring Danny...
By Madeleine Wren, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
At the last stop on the ACLU's Know Your Rights Bus Tour, a live podcast taping with the comedian W. Kamau Bell and a rap concert featuring Danny...
By Madeleine Wren, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Know Your Rights Bus Tour Philly
You may recognize W. Kamau Bell from his multi-Emmy award-winning docuseries United Shades of America, from his Substack Who’s With Me, or from...
You may recognize W. Kamau Bell from his multi-Emmy award-winning docuseries United Shades of America, from his Substack Who’s With Me, or from...
The Drag Queens Helping You Vote
On tour with the ACLU’s Know Your Rights bus tour, drag queens and other artists from Philadelphia and Detroit helped audiences test their...
By Hanna Stolzer
On tour with the ACLU’s Know Your Rights bus tour, drag queens and other artists from Philadelphia and Detroit helped audiences test their...
By Hanna Stolzer
How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care
The ACLU’s latest report outlines how interior immigration checkpoints and anti-immigrant state policing trap noncitizens trying to leave Texas...
By Sarah Mehta, Blair Wallace
The ACLU’s latest report outlines how interior immigration checkpoints and anti-immigrant state policing trap noncitizens trying to leave Texas...
By Sarah Mehta, Blair Wallace
ACLU Bus Tour Brings Banned Books to Georgia
Content creator Jameelah Jones and author Seema Yasmin joined the first stop on the ACLU’s Know Your Rights Bus Tour to discuss how your vote...
By Sam Herrera
Content creator Jameelah Jones and author Seema Yasmin joined the first stop on the ACLU’s Know Your Rights Bus Tour to discuss how your vote...
By Sam Herrera
Know Your Rights Game Show: Home Edition!
How well do you know your rights? Test your knowledge when you play the online version of our Bus Tour’s Know Your Rights Game Show quiz.
By ACLU
How well do you know your rights? Test your knowledge when you play the online version of our Bus Tour’s Know Your Rights Game Show quiz.
By ACLU
The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
By Gillian Branstetter
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
By Gillian Branstetter
What Kamala Harris Must Do to End Abuse in the Criminal Legal System
As a former prosecutor, Harris should understand that the executive branch has tremendous power to work to end mass incarceration, abolish the...
By ACLU
As a former prosecutor, Harris should understand that the executive branch has tremendous power to work to end mass incarceration, abolish the...
By ACLU
Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It.
Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and...
By Mike Zamore
Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and...
By Mike Zamore
