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Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
By Cecillia Wang
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In "Let the Record Show," the ACLU's newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional. It's led to an array of landmark decisions that continue to protect our civil liberties today.
By Vanessa Mbonu, Hibah Ansari
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.
ACLU breaks down findings from our latest report on how mass deportations are breaking our democracy.
By Naureen Shah
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.Podcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
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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Victory: Federal Court Holds That the Government Can’t Lock Up Immigrants for Being Poor
By Michael Tan
By Michael Tan
The ACLU Is Receiving an Outpouring of Support. Here’s What We Plan on Doing With It.
By Anthony D. Romero
By Anthony D. Romero
Facebook Takes Steps to Keep Targeted Advertising From Violating Its Users’ Civil Rights
We Hear You. We Thank You. And We’re Here With You.
By ACLU
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Donald Trump: A One-Man Constitutional Crisis
The Republican President-elect's statements and policy proposals would blatantly violate the inalienable rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
By Anthony D. Romero
The Republican President-elect's statements and policy proposals would blatantly violate the inalienable rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
By Anthony D. Romero
Si Donald Trump Implementa sus Propuestas Políticas, Lo Veremos en Corte.
By Anthony D. Romero
By Anthony D. Romero
If Donald Trump Implements His Proposed Policies, We’ll See Him in Court
By Anthony D. Romero
By Anthony D. Romero
The ACLU Is on the Ground in Five States Protecting Americans’ Right to Vote This Election Day
U.N. Investigator Talks About the Future of Solitary and the Death Penalty
By Jamil Dakwar
By Jamil Dakwar