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ACLU 2025 Annual Report

Our 2025 annual report details how the ACLU's network of 2,175 staff and 7 million activists and members worked around the clock this year to protect free speech, immigrants' rights, LGBTQ equality, and much more from the Trump administration's unconstitutional agenda. To date, the ACLU has already taken over 200 legal actions against the Trump administration. Alongside lists of the ACLU’s key wins and efforts in 2025, the report tells the stories of ACLU advocates, clients, and staff who are on the front lines of this fight.

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Using AI to Make Sense of AI Policy

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology
Cover of an ACLU research report titled “Using AI to Make Sense of AI Policy,” featuring a collage of images including the U.S. Capitol, two people collaborating at computer screens with code, and a hand signing a document, set against a dark blue background with red graphic accents.
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Re-Estimating the Disability Turnout Gap with a Historic, Voter-Validated Survey

Research & Analysis

Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions

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Research & Analysis

Serving Justice: A History of the ACLU Advancing the Rights of Veterans, Servicemembers, and Their Families

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights, Free Speech, Voting Rights, Immigrants' Rights, Women's Rights, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty
Cover of Serving Justice publication, featuring graphics of servicemembers
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Trapped in Time: The Silent Crisis of Elderly Incarceration

Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights, Smart Justice
Cover of the Trapped in Time publication, featuring a graphic of someone behind bars

ACLU Magazine

Published twice a year, ACLU Magazine shares updates on the ACLU's critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive ACLU Magazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.

Stand Magazine - Summer 2017 issue

ACLU STAND Magazine Summer 2017 Issue

STAND magazine is a publication for members and supporters of the ACLU. The Summer 2017 issue includes a cover story about the ACLU’s surge in membership since the election and profiles some of our newest members and what motivates them to stay involved. The issue also includes feature stories about the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement, 21st century surveillance methods, a Q&A with Eleanor Holmes Norton, and a special Trump Resistance Report.