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Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Matthew Beat give a glimpse into the ACLU’s new podcast covering some of the most influential court cases in history.
By Hibah Ansari
Meet the Hosts: ACLU Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'Podcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
Due to recent cuts to reporting requirements of deaths occurring after release, the complete number of deaths in and outside of detention could be even higher.
By Sofia Gonzalez
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the ACLU and how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
In our series, the ACLU has teamed up with artists, authors, Hachette Book Group, and content creators to share books that have helped them better understand civil liberties and civil rights, fight for our communities and our Constitution, and increase engagement in creating a more perfect union.
By Hibah Ansari
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil LibertiesPodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t been found...
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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Homeland Security Unlawfully Ended DACA Protections for Some Dreamers
Students’ Rights: Speech, Walkouts, and Other Protests
If you’re a public school student, you don’t check your constitutional rights at the schoolhouse doors. But whether schools can punish you for...
By ACLU
If you’re a public school student, you don’t check your constitutional rights at the schoolhouse doors. But whether schools can punish you for...
By ACLU
A Supreme Court Rebuke to the Trump Administration on DACA
By Michael Tan
By Michael Tan
A Big Victory for LGBT People, and a Big Loss for the Trump Administration
By Ria Tabacco Mar
By Ria Tabacco Mar
A Mother and Child Fled the Congo, Only to Be Cruelly Separated by the US Government
By Jenny Samuels
By Jenny Samuels
New Data Reveals Milwaukee Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity
Public-Sector Union Fees Don’t Violate the First Amendment
By Amanda Shanor
By Amanda Shanor
There's No Such Thing as 'Consensual Sex' When a Person Is in Police Custody
By Katharine Bodde, Erika Lorshbough
By Katharine Bodde, Erika Lorshbough
Can Schools Discipline Students for Protesting?
By Vera Eidelman
By Vera Eidelman
6 South Carolina Legislators Want Same-Sex Marriages to Be Called 'Parody Marriages'
By Shaundra Young Scott
By Shaundra Young Scott
