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Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record Deaths
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse.
By Haddy Gassama
Deaths in Detention: ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Detention Camps into Warehouses Despite Record DeathsPodcast
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...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup
The coalition has issued a travel advisory for fans, players, journalists, and other visitors attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdown.
By Alaina Ruffin, Jamil Dakwar
ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup
‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
By Hibah Ansari, Lora Strum
‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating their rights.
By Emily Reina Dindial
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights ViolationsPodcast
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...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
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State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights
Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.
By Matthew Segal, Julie Murray
Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.
By Matthew Segal, Julie Murray
When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail
Defamation laws are relics of a bygone age.
By David Cole, Brian Hauss
Defamation laws are relics of a bygone age.
By David Cole, Brian Hauss
Why and How Trans Hate is Spreading
The ACLU is tracking 452 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S. this legislative session. Of those 452, 118 are anti-trans health care bills, and there’s a...
The ACLU is tracking 452 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S. this legislative session. Of those 452, 118 are anti-trans health care bills, and there’s a...
National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation
U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.
By Collette Flanagan, Kerry McLean
U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.
By Collette Flanagan, Kerry McLean
Idaho Attorney General's Abortion Opinion Shows Overturning Roe Was Only the Beginning
We’re challenging the attorney general’s unconstitutional opinion, which threatens to reach across state lines to limit abortion access.
By Ryan Mendias
We’re challenging the attorney general’s unconstitutional opinion, which threatens to reach across state lines to limit abortion access.
By Ryan Mendias
Is the Government Tracking Your Social Media Activity?
Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.
By Shaiba Rather, Layla Al
Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.
By Shaiba Rather, Layla Al
Access to Housing is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time (Again)
The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
By Taylor Pendergrass
The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
By Taylor Pendergrass
Clemency Is One Answer to the War On Drugs
This 4/20, we want to talk about a tool that can be used to address the horrific consequences of the war on drugs: clemency. ...
This 4/20, we want to talk about a tool that can be used to address the horrific consequences of the war on drugs: clemency. ...
Widespread Newborn DNA Sequencing Will Worsen Risks to Genetic Privacy
As newborn screening programs expand to include babies’ entire genomes, parents must be made aware of the privacy risks and states must create...
By Crystal Grant
As newborn screening programs expand to include babies’ entire genomes, parents must be made aware of the privacy risks and states must create...
By Crystal Grant
Will ChatGPT Revolutionize Surveillance?
Everybody’s talking about ChatGPT’s amazing ability to write, but its ability to read may be just as significant.
By Jay Stanley
Everybody’s talking about ChatGPT’s amazing ability to write, but its ability to read may be just as significant.
By Jay Stanley
