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States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.
One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan. Author and journalist Justine van der Leun calls for states to enact laws protecting criminalized survivors.
By Justine van der Leun
States are Punishing Women Who Survive Violence with Incarceration. They Deserve Clemency.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.
A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles
For more than 40 years, equal access to educational opportunities of Los Angeles students under the California Constitution have been protected by a court order. Now, those court-ordered protections are being challenged.
By Amanda Walgrove, Jonathan Newton
A Multi-Generational Fight for Desegregated Schools in Los Angeles
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all.
By Yasmin Cader
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Florida’s Universities
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2022 on behalf of professors forced to censor race and gender in their instruction.
By Leah Watson
Why an Appeals Court Blocked a Dangerous Censorship Law in Florida’s UniversitiesPodcast
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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The ‘ICE Kids’
For years, ICE has been holding teenagers in indefinite detention thousands of miles away from their families. And it won’t tell anyone why.
By Ashoka Mukpo
For years, ICE has been holding teenagers in indefinite detention thousands of miles away from their families. And it won’t tell anyone why.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Patient Privacy Is Not Just About Medical Ethics — It's Vital to Racial Equity and Disability Rights
We should empower patients to seek care by maintaining the strongest possible medical confidentiality rules instead of watering down critical...
By Noam Shemtov
We should empower patients to seek care by maintaining the strongest possible medical confidentiality rules instead of watering down critical...
By Noam Shemtov
Canceling Student Debt Can Help Build Black Women’s Futures
We don’t need more shallow praise for “saving” the nation — we need Biden to cancel our student debt.
By Shakya Cherry-Donaldson
We don’t need more shallow praise for “saving” the nation — we need Biden to cancel our student debt.
By Shakya Cherry-Donaldson
Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's...
By Jessica Bansal
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's...
By Jessica Bansal
Resilience, Liberation, and the Interconnectedness of Pride
If Marsha and Sylvia taught us anything, it’s that if Pride doesn’t include all of us, it doesn’t hold meaning for any of us.
If Marsha and Sylvia taught us anything, it’s that if Pride doesn’t include all of us, it doesn’t hold meaning for any of us.
Lives First, Profits Later: How To Close the Global Vaccine Gap
In the U.S., it’s easy to think we’re in the final chapter of this global pandemic. Baseball stadiums have replaced cardboard cutouts with screaming fans, and the aroma of fresh popcorn is wafting once again from movie theaters’ open doors. As of this recording, more than 60% of US adults...
In the U.S., it’s easy to think we’re in the final chapter of this global pandemic. Baseball stadiums have replaced cardboard cutouts with screaming fans, and the aroma of fresh popcorn is wafting once again from movie theaters’ open doors. As of this recording, more than 60% of US adults...
Supreme Court Ruling is a Win for Investigative Journalists and Civil Rights Researchers
This ruling is critically important to hold powerful online platforms accountable against discrimination.
By Esha Bhandari
This ruling is critically important to hold powerful online platforms accountable against discrimination.
By Esha Bhandari
How the Police Lobby Impedes Public Safety
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, we must address the lobbying power of police.
By Schanelle Saldanha
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, we must address the lobbying power of police.
By Schanelle Saldanha
How the Police Lobby Impedes Public Safety
There were only 18 days last year that did not see a police officer kill a civilian in this country. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace Jr, Daniel Prude, and Rayshard Brooks, were among the 1,127 people killed by police last year. And we know that Black people are more than three times...
There were only 18 days last year that did not see a police officer kill a civilian in this country. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace Jr, Daniel Prude, and Rayshard Brooks, were among the 1,127 people killed by police last year. And we know that Black people are more than three times...
A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance
Among the intelligence community elite, there seems to be a new recognition that excessive secrecy can be costly — and not just to democracy but...
By Jameel Jaffer, Patrick Toomey
Among the intelligence community elite, there seems to be a new recognition that excessive secrecy can be costly — and not just to democracy but...
By Jameel Jaffer, Patrick Toomey
