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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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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.
Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.
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...
As newborn screening programs expand to include babies’ entire genomes, parents must be made aware of the privacy risks and states must create...
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
RuPaul’s Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU’s Defense of Trans Rights
The ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund aims to educate and activate supporters and push back against restrictive anti-LGBTQ legislation.
By Johanna Silver
The ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund aims to educate and activate supporters and push back against restrictive anti-LGBTQ legislation.
By Johanna Silver
We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases
Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.
Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.
What Happens In Tennessee Won't Stay in Tennessee
On Friday, April 7th, the Tennessee state legislature voted to expel two out of the three state representatives, Representatives Justin Pearson and...
On Friday, April 7th, the Tennessee state legislature voted to expel two out of the three state representatives, Representatives Justin Pearson and...
