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Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms
President Trump and his allies are trying to interfere with the 2026 midterm elections. Here’s what that means for your vote, and how the ACLU is fighting back to ensure power remains where it belongs — in the hands of voters.
By Sophia Lin Lakin, Molly McGrath
Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 MidtermsPodcast
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.
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health.
By Amanda Walgrove
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
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'
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 AdministrationPodcast
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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How Is Trump Planning to Attack Reproductive Rights, LGBT Equality, and Religious Minorities? We’ll Find Out.
By Brigitte Amiri
By Brigitte Amiri
Jeff Sessions Must Now Tell America the Whole Truth
Medical Associations, School Administrators, and More Submit Briefs to the Supreme Court in Support of Transgender Student
By Chase Strangio
By Chase Strangio
President Trump’s Speech Last Night Ignored the Human Misery and Fear He Has Already Inflicted
The Trump Administration Is Threatening to Publicly Release the Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors
By Esha Bhandari
By Esha Bhandari
Is Duane Buck Proof That the Supreme Court’s Moral Arc Is Bending Toward Racial Justice?
By Cassandra Stubbs
By Cassandra Stubbs
The ACLU Remembers Aileen Hernandez
By Dorothy M. Ehrlich
By Dorothy M. Ehrlich
Social Media Passwords Shouldn’t Be a Condition of Entry to the U.S.
By Esha Bhandari
By Esha Bhandari
Does Donald Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Believe Employees Should Bear the Costs of Their Employer's Religious Beliefs?
By Louise Melling
By Louise Melling
Oil and Water Don’t Mix: Why the ACLU Is Standing Up for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
