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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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By Kate Meyer
By Kate Meyer
The Government Is Abusing Its Surveillance Powers. Don’t Believe Those Who Say Otherwise.
By Neema Singh Guliani
By Neema Singh Guliani
Donald Trump’s Talk to Police Officers Was Police-State Authoritarianism Distilled to Its Essence
By Jeffery Robinson
By Jeffery Robinson
Donald Trump Attacks Transgender People to Help Build Border Wall
By Faiz Shakir
By Faiz Shakir
Leave It to Donald Trump to Come Up With the Wrong Way to Fire and Replace Jeff Sessions
By Christopher Anders
By Christopher Anders
Trump Is Doing Everything in His Power to Build a Border Wall and Congress Is Going Along With it
By Gregory Z. Smith
By Gregory Z. Smith
President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is an Affront to the Core Tenets of the US Military
By Noah Strangio
By Noah Strangio
Jeff Sessions Thinks It Should Be Legal to Fire You for Being LGBT
By Ian S. Thompson
By Ian S. Thompson
Americans Want Surveillance Reform. Will Congress Listen?
By Neema Singh Guliani
By Neema Singh Guliani
