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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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A Promising California Bill Could Help Communities Stop Secret And Discriminatory Police Surveillance
By Nicole Ozer, Chad Marlow
By Nicole Ozer, Chad Marlow
ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody
By Victoria López
By Victoria López
Trump Just Gave Thousands of Bayonets And Hundreds of Grenade Launchers Back To Police
By Kanya Bennett
By Kanya Bennett
We Are Taking Trump to Court to Stop His Illegal and Cruel Ban on Transgender Service Members
By Chase Strangio
By Chase Strangio
Why Government Can't Be Allowed to Make You Pay for Free Speech
By Elizabeth Randol
By Elizabeth Randol
I Was Fired From My Job as a 911 Call Taker for Getting My Period at Work
By Alisha Coleman
By Alisha Coleman
Why We Must Defend Free Speech
If we defended speech only when we agreed with it, on what ground would we ask others to tolerate speech they oppose?
By David Cole
If we defended speech only when we agreed with it, on what ground would we ask others to tolerate speech they oppose?
By David Cole
We’re Suing California Because It Threw Out More Than 45,000 Ballots in the 2016 Presidential Election Over Handwriting ‘Mismatches’
By Julie Ebenstein
By Julie Ebenstein
Trump’s Most Recent Shout to White Supremacists: I’m With You
By Cecillia Wang
By Cecillia Wang
VIDEO: ‘SB 4 Is Patently Unconstitutional and Is Bad Policy’
On September 1 in Texas, SB 4 will take effect. And on that day, all law enforcement across the state will be immediately transformed from police...
By Matthew Harwood
On September 1 in Texas, SB 4 will take effect. And on that day, all law enforcement across the state will be immediately transformed from police...
By Matthew Harwood
