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Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education Nationwide
The ACLU, ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund reached a landmark settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to implement its own Indigenous education law.
By Lisa Francois
Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education NationwidePodcast
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...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
In response to Flock’s announcement of operational changes, the ACLU breaks down why many fall short.
By Chad Marlow for Tracking ALPR Cameras
Despite 'New' Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
Veterans reflect on their military service, the requirements of ground combat occupations, and the decade-long integration of women into those roles.
By Ricardo Mimbela
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan. Author and journalist Justine van der Leun calls for states to enact laws protecting criminalized survivors.
By Justine van der Leun
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.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...
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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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
The High-Definition, Artificially Intelligent, All-Seeing Future of Big Data Policing
Predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies are already transforming policing, helping prioritize who police target, where they patrol,...
By Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies are already transforming policing, helping prioritize who police target, where they patrol,...
By Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Facebook’s Targeting System Can Divide Us on More Than Just Advertising
By Rachel Goodman
By Rachel Goodman
The Orange County Prosecutor’s Office Ran a Secret, Unconstitutional Jailhouse Informant Scheme for Years
By Somil Trivedi
By Somil Trivedi
50 Years After MLK’s Assassination, We Remain Two Societies, ‘Separate and Unequal’
By Jeffery Robinson
By Jeffery Robinson
