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Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
By Cecillia Wang
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In "Let the Record Show," the ACLU's newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional. It's led to an array of landmark decisions that continue to protect our civil liberties today.
By Vanessa Mbonu, Hibah Ansari
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.
ACLU breaks down findings from our latest report on how mass deportations are breaking our democracy.
By Naureen Shah
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.Podcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
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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Tuesday Brings Good (Yes, Good) Guantánamo News in Congress
By Ian S. Thompson
By Ian S. Thompson
Amended Google Book Settlement: Doesn't Deal with Privacy Problems
Readers should be able to use Google Book Search without worrying that the government or a third party is reading over their shoulder.
By Nicole Ozer
Readers should be able to use Google Book Search without worrying that the government or a third party is reading over their shoulder.
By Nicole Ozer
Secretary Gates Says Americans Should Not See Torture Photos
By Ateqah Khaki
By Ateqah Khaki
Christmas Comes Early! EFF Gets FAA Document Dump
By Amanda Simon
By Amanda Simon
What About Khadr?
The U.S. government has refused to acknowledge Omar Khadr's status as a child or to apply universally recognized standards of juvenile justice in...
By Suzanne Ito
The U.S. government has refused to acknowledge Omar Khadr's status as a child or to apply universally recognized standards of juvenile justice in...
By Suzanne Ito
A Victory for the Rule of Law. Kind of.
Attorney General Eric Holder officially announced that the five defendants represented by the John Adams Project who have been charged in the 9/11...
By Suzanne Ito
Attorney General Eric Holder officially announced that the five defendants represented by the John Adams Project who have been charged in the 9/11...
By Suzanne Ito
9/11 Families Ask for True Justice
By Joel Engardio
By Joel Engardio
Fighting for Voting Rights for All Americans
By Rachel Bloom
By Rachel Bloom