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Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms
President Trump and his allies are trying to interfere with the 2026 midterm elections. Here’s what that means for your vote, and how the ACLU is fighting back to ensure power remains where it belongs — in the hands of voters.
By Sophia Lin Lakin, Molly McGrath
Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 MidtermsPodcast
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.
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health.
By Amanda Walgrove
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
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'
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 AdministrationPodcast
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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Despicable: Stop the Assault on Women's Health
The House of Representatives hit a new low when it voted in favor of eliminating all federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
By Dahlia Ward
The House of Representatives hit a new low when it voted in favor of eliminating all federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
By Dahlia Ward
"Donald Rumsfeld Is Above the Law and Jose Padilla Is Beneath It"
Jose Padilla's case against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials for their role in his unlawful detention and...
By Suzanne Ito
Jose Padilla's case against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials for their role in his unlawful detention and...
By Suzanne Ito
Want A Job? Password, Please!
A demand for Facebook login information is not only a gross breach of privacy, it raises significant legal concerns under the Federal Stored...
By Meredith Curtis
A demand for Facebook login information is not only a gross breach of privacy, it raises significant legal concerns under the Federal Stored...
By Meredith Curtis
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Another Three Months for Patriot Act
The Senate voted to extend the Patriot Act as is for another three months.
By Allie Bohm
The Senate voted to extend the Patriot Act as is for another three months.
By Allie Bohm
Sentencing an Al-Qaeda Lackey
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