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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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Seniors and People with Disabilities Want to Live in Our Homes, Not Nursing Homes. Will Congress Let Us?
Correcting Medicaid’s bias for institutionalization, instead of in-home care, requires an investment in home and community-based services that...
By Susan Mizner, Vikrum Aiyer, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
Correcting Medicaid’s bias for institutionalization, instead of in-home care, requires an investment in home and community-based services that...
By Susan Mizner, Vikrum Aiyer, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
Safe and Healthy Schools Lead With Support, Not Police
To support our students, Congress must pass the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.
By West Resendes, Sarah Hinger
To support our students, Congress must pass the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.
By West Resendes, Sarah Hinger
Things to Know About the Revival of Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy
After a whirlwind of court actions this month, the Biden administration will be forced to restart a Trump-era border policy that sent tens of...
By Omar Jadwat
After a whirlwind of court actions this month, the Biden administration will be forced to restart a Trump-era border policy that sent tens of...
By Omar Jadwat
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen
In this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.
In this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.
Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Plan for iPhones Isn’t So Safe
The tech giant’s latest proposal paves the way for even more intrusions on privacy and abuses of power.
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor
The tech giant’s latest proposal paves the way for even more intrusions on privacy and abuses of power.
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor
ACLU’s LGBTQ and HIV Project Exists Because of Jim Hormel’s Generosity
Remembering James Hormel, a pioneering champion and philanthropist of LGBTQ rights
By Matt Coles
Remembering James Hormel, a pioneering champion and philanthropist of LGBTQ rights
By Matt Coles
Four Problems with the ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System
A new investigation points to yet another problematic outcome of the technology’s use and the company’s lack of transparency.
By Jay Stanley
A new investigation points to yet another problematic outcome of the technology’s use and the company’s lack of transparency.
By Jay Stanley
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent
The best-selling author and educator joins us on At Liberty to discuss her recent memoir.
By ACLU
The best-selling author and educator joins us on At Liberty to discuss her recent memoir.
By ACLU
One Year Later, U.S. Service Members Are Still Awaiting Their Promised Pathway to Citizenship
A federal court ordered the U.S. military to stop implementing a Trump-era policy that blocked a path to citizenship — but our clients are still...
By Sana Mayat, Scarlet Kim
A federal court ordered the U.S. military to stop implementing a Trump-era policy that blocked a path to citizenship — but our clients are still...
By Sana Mayat, Scarlet Kim
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent
One in 12 American children, more than 5.7 million kids, have experienced parental incarceration at some point during their lives. Black Americans...
One in 12 American children, more than 5.7 million kids, have experienced parental incarceration at some point during their lives. Black Americans...
