Research & Publications

In the lead-up to the midterm elections, the Fall 2022 issue of ACLU Magazine highlights a few of the many people in the trenches protecting access to the ballot and fortifying local election infrastructure in the battleground states of Michigan, Ohio, and Georgia. The magazine covers the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe and what it means for abortion access in hostile states. It also includes stories about defending protesters’ rights, the ACLU of Northern California’s efforts to stop sheriffs from secretly transferring immigrants from local jails to ICE, and the fight against a deluge of classroom censorship bills in Oklahoma, Idaho, and beyond. To download a more print-friendly spreads layout, click here.

This issue of ACLU Magazine features a cover story on the Texas Abortion Access Network and the future of the fight for reproductive rights. It also includes a feature story on the U.S. highway system's destruction of Black communities and how the NYCLU's I-81 Project in Syracuse is a blueprint for repair; an explainer on how the ACLU is advancing transgender justice through gender-affirming care, school sports, and accurate IDs; an update on the ACLU's redistricting work; a first-person piece by Collette Flanagan, the founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality; and much more. To download a more print-friendly spreads layout, click here.

The Fall 2021 issue of ACLU Magazine includes feature stories that investigate America's history of racial covenants and systemic racism, showcase the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties' work to provide safe haven for asylum seekers, and highlight activists curtailing police surveillance in their neighborhoods. Plus, there are updates on the ACLU's free speech cheerleader case, D.C. statehood, and the battle against an unprecedented wave of voter suppression bills as well as profiles of ACLU President Deborah N. Archer, actress and singer Peppermint, and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown. To download a more print friendly spreads layout, click here.

This issue of ACLU Magazine spotlights the discriminatory housing practices that led to an eviction crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Kansas City activists who are fighting for tenants’ rights. It also includes feature stories on the ACLU’s work to ensure a fair and equal redistricting process, as well as its strategy to achieve true justice in marijuana reform. Plus, there are pieces on how the Biden-Harris administration can prioritize racial justice in its first 100 days and how decriminalizing sex work would improve public health and safety; updates on the changed Supreme Court; interviews with immigration and reproductive justice activists; and visual tributes to Brown v. Board of Education and healing after loss and racial reckoning. To download a more print friendly spreads layout, click here.

With 2020’s high-stakes election on the horizon, this issue of ACLU Magazine discusses voting by mail and the ACLU’s work to expand access to absentee voting and safe, in-person voting options during a pandemic. It also includes feature stories on transgender youth activists in South Dakota and Idaho and on the United States’ exploitative cash bail system that preys on BIPOC and fuels mass incarceration. Plus, there are updates on police violence, abortion restrictions, and immigrant detention abuses, interviews with DeRay Mckesson and Ali Stroker, and special visual tributes to women’s suffrage and activism in the age of COVID. (Online publication: ISSN 2640-3579) To download a more print friendly spreads layout, click here.

With an inspiring cover illustration to celebrate the organization’s centennial, this issue of ACLU Magazine includes feature stories on the dangers of facial recognition technology, women who have led the resistance throughout ACLU history, and seven individuals who have filed sexual harassment complaints against McDonald’s. Plus, there are updates on Trump’s Asylum Ban 2.0, crucial voting rights litigation, and a landmark LGBTQ victory in Gavin Grimm’s case. (Online publication: ISSN 2640-3579) To download a more print friendly spreads layout, click here.