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Mar 7, 2025

Singled Out for Speaking Up: How UCSC Seized My Digital Life After I Joined a Lawsuit Against Them

A group of high school students wearing blue shirts reading "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC" pose for the camera.

Feb 20, 2025

What Students Lose When School Becomes a Political Battleground

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Jan 14, 2025

Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet

Pro-Palestinian protesters sing in the ongoing student encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters in the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Jan 10, 2025

We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence

Dec 11, 2024

Can You Define Pornography? Neither Can the Government.

Loren Khogali, the executive director at the ACLU of Michigan, and Razi Jafri, a Detroit-based documentary filmmaker and producer joined Kamau in conversation on stage for the Know Your Rights bus tour.

Oct 15, 2024

At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Detroit’s Activist Roots - Engaging Communities in the Fight for Justice

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Sep 17, 2024

ACLU Bus Tour Brings Banned Books to Georgia

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Aug 6, 2024

High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win

Ex-President and convicted felon Donald Trump speaks at an event in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024.

Jul 10, 2024

Supreme Court Term Ends with Win for Trump, First Amendment Rights

Washington DC USA - July 1, 2024 - Reporters run paper copies of the Supreme Court decision to network anchors and analysts for live TV reports.

Jul 8, 2024

The Supreme Court Ruled, What Now?