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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 Chris Rickerd
By Chris Rickerd
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By Hina Shamsi
By Hina Shamsi
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By Eunice Hyon Min Rho
By Eunice Hyon Min Rho
This Missouri City Banishes Domestic Violence Survivors for Calling the Police
By Sandra Park
By Sandra Park
Immigration Arrests at State Courthouses Are on the Rise in 2017. Here’s Why That’s Dangerous — For All of Us.
By Joanne Lin
By Joanne Lin
What Does Mike Pence’s ‘No Girls Allowed’ Rule Have in Common With School Dress Codes and Single-Sex Classrooms? Exclusion, Shaming, and Victim-Blaming.
By Galen Sherwin
By Galen Sherwin
Bullies in Blue
Our white paper argues that putting police in schools results in criminalizing adolescents of color.
By Megan French-Marcelin
Our white paper argues that putting police in schools results in criminalizing adolescents of color.
By Megan French-Marcelin
Is Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Trying to Kill Police Reform in Baltimore?
By David Rocah
By David Rocah
California’s Senate Just Approved a Bill to Protect Its Residents From Trump’s Deportation Forces
By Jennie Pasquarella
By Jennie Pasquarella
People Power Activists Are Already Confronting the Powers That Be From Coast to Coast and Demanding Freedom Cities
By Faiz Shakir
By Faiz Shakir
