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Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling that blows open the door for states and localities to create discriminatory voting maps. Here’s what you need to know about redistricting and voting rights in light of this decision.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?Podcast
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.
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their juvenile delinquency cases. Kids with disabilities and foster children are particularly vulnerable.
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse.
By Haddy Gassama
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record DeathsPodcast
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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The First Amendment Bars Officials From Targeting Nike Because They Don’t Like Colin Kaepernick
Government officials act to punish Colin Kaepernick through intimidation of brands that he works with is a form of discriminatory behavior
By Emerson Sykes
Government officials act to punish Colin Kaepernick through intimidation of brands that he works with is a form of discriminatory behavior
By Emerson Sykes
Nevada Has a Voter Participation Problem. We Have an Easy Solution.
By Tod Story
By Tod Story
2 Native American Teens Were Reported to Police for Joining a Campus Tour. Now We’re Stepping In.
By Sarah Hinger
By Sarah Hinger
How the ‘War on Terror’ Corrupted America
America’s response to the 9/11 attacks have dominated our foreign policy, military priorities, and human rights record for 17 years now. Perhaps no place on earth is a better symbol of that response than the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Today, 40 prisoners remain, as does the legacy of...
America’s response to the 9/11 attacks have dominated our foreign policy, military priorities, and human rights record for 17 years now. Perhaps no place on earth is a better symbol of that response than the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Today, 40 prisoners remain, as does the legacy of...
Trump Is Unshackling America's Drones Thanks to Obama's Weakness
By Brett Max Kaufman
By Brett Max Kaufman
New Bill Would Ensure No Woman Is Forced to Give Birth in Chains
By Amy Fettig
By Amy Fettig
I Came to the U.S. Fleeing Horrific Abuse in My Home Country. Jeff Sessions Wants to Send People Like Me Back.
By Anonymous Survivor
By Anonymous Survivor
In Guatemala, a Tireless Search for Parents Separated From Their Children
By Ashoka Mukpo
By Ashoka Mukpo
Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students’ Free Speech Rights
By Vera Eidelman, Sarah Hinger
By Vera Eidelman, Sarah Hinger
How Facebook Is Giving Sex Discrimination in Employment Ads a New Life
By Galen Sherwin
By Galen Sherwin
