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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 you need to know about redistricting and voting rights in light of this decision.
By ACLU
Your Questions Answered: What is Redistricting and Why Should We Care?Podcast
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.
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 juvenile delinquency cases. Kids with disabilities and foster children are particularly vulnerable.
By Elisa Epstein, Quinn Phillips
Children Describe 'Despair, Loneliness, and Boredom' at Colorado Juvenile Detention Centers
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS Decision
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.
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Stop Domestic Violence in Its Tracks
By Katherine Clemente
By Katherine Clemente
The Patriot Act, Cyber-Edition
Congress is currently considering new cybersecurity measures, including some proposed by the Obama administration.
By ACLU
Congress is currently considering new cybersecurity measures, including some proposed by the Obama administration.
By ACLU
Momentum Building Against NDAA Detention Provision
The NDAA provision would allow for the indefinite military custody of those accused of terrorism and could even allow for the indefinite detention...
By Amanda Simon
The NDAA provision would allow for the indefinite military custody of those accused of terrorism and could even allow for the indefinite detention...
By Amanda Simon
The Patriot Act, 10 Years Later
Since the act was first enacted, lawmakers have authorized extension after extension, refusing to make any meaningful changes to the law.
By Ateqah Khaki
Since the act was first enacted, lawmakers have authorized extension after extension, refusing to make any meaningful changes to the law.
By Ateqah Khaki
Immigration Detention: A Death Sentence for Far Too Many
By Will Matthews
By Will Matthews
Three Faces of Racial Profiling: Profiling Communities is Bad Law Enforcement
By Michael German
By Michael German
Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (10/21/2011)
Americans shouldn’t have to choose between using new technology and keeping control of your private information.
By Caitlin O'Neill
Americans shouldn’t have to choose between using new technology and keeping control of your private information.
By Caitlin O'Neill
This Week in Civil Liberties (10/21/2011)
By Rekha Arulanantham
By Rekha Arulanantham
"We Don't Need a Warrant, We're ICE"
By Lindsay Kee
By Lindsay Kee
Mapping the FBI: Documents Show Widespread Racial and Religious Profiling by Government
We're exposing the ways in which vastly expanded FBI investigative authority has resulted in the unconstitutional investigation of American...
By Nusrat Choudhury
We're exposing the ways in which vastly expanded FBI investigative authority has resulted in the unconstitutional investigation of American...
By Nusrat Choudhury