News & Commentary
Top Stories
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.
Latest stories
Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment Right
Hundreds of people across the country have faced retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to record ICE and other federal agents...
By Ellessandra Taormino, Sam LaFrance
Hundreds of people across the country have faced retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to record ICE and other federal agents...
By Ellessandra Taormino, Sam LaFrance
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling that blows open the door for states and localities to create discriminatory voting maps. Here’s what...
By ACLU
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling that blows open the door for states and localities to create discriminatory voting maps. Here’s what...
By ACLU
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their...
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
ACLU class-action lawsuit urges state of Colorado to release children from jails to community-based settings while awaiting decisions in their...
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
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...
By Haddy Gassama
Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase...
By Haddy Gassama
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...
By Alaina Ruffin, Jamil Dakwar
The coalition has issued a travel advisory for fans, players, journalists, and other visitors attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the...
By Alaina Ruffin, Jamil Dakwar
‘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
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
More than a Dozen Wrongful Arrests Due to Police Reliance on Facial Recognition Technology
One ACLU client spent six months in jail, because police relied on facial recognition technology to incorrectly identify her as a suspect. She’s...
By Lauren Yu, Nathan Freed Wessler
One ACLU client spent six months in jail, because police relied on facial recognition technology to incorrectly identify her as a suspect. She’s...
By Lauren Yu, Nathan Freed Wessler
ACLU Leads Fight to Limit Overbroad Digital Search Warrants
ACLU litigation is leading courts to rethink warrants seizing our digital devices, social media accounts and other data to reinforce our Fourth...
ACLU litigation is leading courts to rethink warrants seizing our digital devices, social media accounts and other data to reinforce our Fourth...
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...
By Emily Reina Dindial
Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating...
By Emily Reina Dindial
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order attempting to overturn birthright citizenship. Follow live coverage.
By ACLU
The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order attempting to overturn birthright citizenship. Follow live coverage.
By ACLU
