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Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk
Targeting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights organization, is the Trump administration's latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.
By Mike Zamore
Trump Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at RiskPodcast
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.
Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment Right
Hundreds of people across the country have faced retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to record ICE and other federal agents deployed in their communities.
By Ellessandra Taormino, Sam LaFrance
Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment Right
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?
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 CentersPodcast
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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Minneapolis’s Body Camera Policy Will Have ‘Teeth’ When Police Enforce It
By Teresa Nelson
By Teresa Nelson
The Supreme Court Gives Police a Green Light to ‘Shoot First and Think Later’
By Emma Andersson
By Emma Andersson
The Rise of Platform Authoritarianism
Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace, with real dangers to anti-discrimination and privacy principles.
By Ifeoma Ajunwa
Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace, with real dangers to anti-discrimination and privacy principles.
By Ifeoma Ajunwa
With AI and Criminal Justice, the Devil Is in the Data
If we have learned anything in the last decade about our criminal justice system, it is how astonishingly dysfunctional it is
By Vincent Southerland
If we have learned anything in the last decade about our criminal justice system, it is how astonishingly dysfunctional it is
By Vincent Southerland
Trans Ohioans Are Asking for Basic Human Dignity
By James Esseks
By James Esseks
What Lurks Behind All That Immigration Data?
In the context of America’s history of cloaking nativist and racist policies in pseudo-scientific language, we need to be vigilant in ensuring...
By Erica Posey, Rachel Levinson-Waldman
In the context of America’s history of cloaking nativist and racist policies in pseudo-scientific language, we need to be vigilant in ensuring...
By Erica Posey, Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor
The Power of Prosecutors
Prosecutors can end mass incarceration — today.
By ACLU
Prosecutors can end mass incarceration — today.
By ACLU
We Took on Our School’s Sexist Dress Code, and We Won
By Victoria Schantz
By Victoria Schantz
The Exile: In Memory of Judge Stephen Reinhardt
By Ben Wizner
By Ben Wizner