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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'Podcast
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.
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 Administration
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the ACLU and how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
ACLU Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
In our series, the ACLU has teamed up with artists, authors, Hachette Book Group, and content creators to share books that have helped them better understand civil liberties and civil rights, fight for our communities and our Constitution, and increase engagement in creating a more perfect union.
By Hibah Ansari
ACLU Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil LibertiesPodcast
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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Supreme Court Signals that Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs to Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling
The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for...
By Yasmin Cader
The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for...
By Yasmin Cader
Despair and Resignation Are Not A Strategy: How to Fight Back In A Second Trump Term.
No matter who wins in November, the ACLU has the battle-tested playbook to defend civil rights and liberties. Should we face a second Trump...
By Anthony D. Romero
No matter who wins in November, the ACLU has the battle-tested playbook to defend civil rights and liberties. Should we face a second Trump...
By Anthony D. Romero
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
By Jay Stanley for Tracking ALPR Cameras
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
By Jay Stanley for Tracking ALPR Cameras
New York's Coercion of Private Companies to Blacklist the NRA Has a Long and Dark History
The Supreme Court could create a loophole in the First Amendment’s protections from government censorship.
By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman
The Supreme Court could create a loophole in the First Amendment’s protections from government censorship.
By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman
4 Ways the ACLU Continues to Fight for Gender Equality
For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice.
By Dina Gelsey, Ming-Qi Chu
For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice.
By Dina Gelsey, Ming-Qi Chu
President Biden's Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces a Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service
Three years after President Biden ordered federal agencies to end prison profiteering, the Marshals Service continues to sidestep the ban.
By Kyle Virgien, Nina Patel
Three years after President Biden ordered federal agencies to end prison profiteering, the Marshals Service continues to sidestep the ban.
By Kyle Virgien, Nina Patel
A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
By Anonymous
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
By Anonymous
In Alabama, Embryos Are People and It Won't Stop There
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, meaning the embryo has rights consistent with a...
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, meaning the embryo has rights consistent with a...
Challenging the Racist Death Penalty in North Carolina
We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.
By Cassandra Stubbs, Megan Byrne
We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.
By Cassandra Stubbs, Megan Byrne
This Case Could Upend the Death Penalty In North Carolina
On August 10th, 2009, the North Carolina legislature passed the Racial Justice Act, or RJA. A first of its kind law that allows people on death row...
On August 10th, 2009, the North Carolina legislature passed the Racial Justice Act, or RJA. A first of its kind law that allows people on death row...
