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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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Mandatory Sentencing Is Not the Answer
By Jesselyn McCurdy
By Jesselyn McCurdy
Poor People Have Rights Too
By Rachel Bloom
By Rachel Bloom
Watch Your Back — They're Gambling with Your Life
The House is slated to vote this week on an unprecedented bill that would allow hospitals to let women die at their doorsteps.
By Sarah Lipton-Lubet
The House is slated to vote this week on an unprecedented bill that would allow hospitals to let women die at their doorsteps.
By Sarah Lipton-Lubet
Under ACLU Fire, Baca Running for Cover
Under intense media criticism and mounting political pressure, he told the New York Times yesterday that “we need to be focusing on the issue of...
By Will Matthews
Under intense media criticism and mounting political pressure, he told the New York Times yesterday that “we need to be focusing on the issue of...
By Will Matthews
"There Is Almost No Voter Fraud in America."
By Eunice Hyon Min Rho
By Eunice Hyon Min Rho
Report From Alabama: Ferrying Panicked Families, and Fighting Racial Profiling at Schools
By Elizabeth Beresford
By Elizabeth Beresford
Nursing Mom Speaks Out Against LSAC Policy
A nursing mother faced serious struggles, discomfort and stress while trying to juggle the LSAT and pumping milk for her 5 month old son.
By Ashley
A nursing mother faced serious struggles, discomfort and stress while trying to juggle the LSAT and pumping milk for her 5 month old son.
By Ashley
Trading Privacy for Benefits
By Rachel Myers
By Rachel Myers
Yes, They Really Know It's You
Behavioral targeting essentially consists of tracking consumers — that means you — around the web.
By Chris Calabrese
Behavioral targeting essentially consists of tracking consumers — that means you — around the web.
By Chris Calabrese
ACLU Lens: Alabama in Chaos as Residents Flee After Immigration Law Takes Effect
By Suzanne Ito
By Suzanne Ito
