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We must ensure that temporary COVID-19 data surveillance infrastructures do not needlessly outlast this once-in-a-century pandemic.

By Adeline Lee

At Liberty unpacks a year in which more than 100 bills attacking trans people have been introduced across the country, and where the ACLU is...

By ACLU

On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror of his car. This story is...

Face recognition technology turns everybody into a suspect and threatens our civil rights.

By Jeremy Shur, Deborah Won

Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.

By Jennifer Stisa Granick

This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to tell the story of a summer camp that seeded a disability...

The Arkansas legislature just passed HB 1570, a bill that would ban gender confirming health care for trans youth in the state. This comes just one day after Arkansas’ Governor Asa Hutchinson, vetoed the bill amidst pleas from doctors, social workers, and parents of transgender youth. Arkansas...

Last month, we called on the Biden administration to reckon with systemic racism. We're doing that work at our own organization too though.

By AJ Hikes, Sophie Kim Goldmacher

With the help of the ACLU, I’m bringing a lawsuit to challenge the government’s actions.

By Ahmad Chebli

The conditions highlighted in this report are shocking, but not unusual. ICE detention is plagued by dangerous conditions and abuse of detained...

By Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Yvette Borja