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Lawmakers Renew Push to Regulate Kids’ Speech Online Despite Speech Protections
New state and federal bills seek to limit minors’ access to social media, but civil liberties advocates warn that the resulting online censorship threatens constitutional rights without delivering real safety.
By Hibah Ansari
Lawmakers Renew Push to Regulate Kids’ Speech Online Despite Speech ProtectionsPodcast
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...
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Dreading the holiday dinner table? Our experts provide advice to help you navigate the trickiest conversations.
Trump's Boat Strikes Are Illegal. The Public Needs Answers.
The Trump administration must release its legal justification and all other materials related to its illegal lethal strikes on civilian boats at sea.
By Jeffrey Stein, Christopher Anders
Trump's Boat Strikes Are Illegal. The Public Needs Answers.
Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025
This year’s most-read ACLU stories trace a nation grappling with military overreach, attacks on the press, threats to immigrant and transgender communities, and the fight for justice in response.
By ACLU
Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment.
By Hibah Ansari
Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing ConditionsPodcast
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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The Latest Attack on Free Speech in the Israel-Palestine Debate
By Manar Waheed, Brian Hauss
By Manar Waheed, Brian Hauss
Young Immigrant Women Have the Right to Access Abortion. Monday’s Supreme Court Decision Doesn’t Change That.
By Brigitte Amiri
By Brigitte Amiri
In Masterpiece, the Bakery Wins the Battle but Loses the War
The Supreme Court ruling still upholds that discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, and gender is wholly unconstitutional.
By James Esseks
The Supreme Court ruling still upholds that discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, and gender is wholly unconstitutional.
By James Esseks
CBP Fails to Discredit Our Report on Abuse of Immigrant Kids
CBP Fails to Discredit Our Report on Abuse of Immigrant Kids
By Mitra Ebadolahi
CBP Fails to Discredit Our Report on Abuse of Immigrant Kids
By Mitra Ebadolahi
Racist Jury Selection at the Heart of a 1977 Murder Conviction
By Olivia Ensign
By Olivia Ensign
Ohio Wants to Make Sexting Illegal for Anyone Under 19
By Celina Coming
By Celina Coming
Could New York Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana?
By Erika Lorshbough, Simon McCormack
By Erika Lorshbough, Simon McCormack
The House Could Soon Give Jeff Sessions $50 Million to Wage the War on Drugs
By Kanya Bennett
By Kanya Bennett
Trump Nominates Anti-Immigrant Zealot to Run Department on Refugees
By Brian Tashman
By Brian Tashman
My School Was Right to Let Me Use the Bathroom Consistent With Who I Am
By Aidan DeStefano
By Aidan DeStefano
