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ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World Cup
The coalition has issued a travel advisory for fans, players, journalists, and other visitors attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdown.
By Alaina Ruffin, Jamil Dakwar
ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA to Uphold Human Rights Ahead 2026 World CupPodcast
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.
‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
By Hibah Ansari, Lora Strum
‘My Child is Now a Political Debate’: Immigrant Families Respond as Arguments Wrap in Landmark Challenge against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating their rights.
By Emily Reina Dindial
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments
The ACLU is at the Supreme Court for oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. Follow live coverage of the fight to defend birthright citizenship.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral ArgumentsPodcast
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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At the Polls, Episode 7: Why Do We Take Voting Rights Away in America?
Over five million people cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement laws, including one in five Black Americans.
By ACLU
Over five million people cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement laws, including one in five Black Americans.
By ACLU
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
New ACLU analysis finds discounting mail-in ballots would disenfranchise communities of color and distort election outcomes in key counties.
By Lucia Tian, Ben Fifield
New ACLU analysis finds discounting mail-in ballots would disenfranchise communities of color and distort election outcomes in key counties.
By Lucia Tian, Ben Fifield
We’re Ready for the Election
The ACLU is at the ready to act swiftly and use all of our resources to protect the vote.
By Sarah Brannon, Molly McGrath
The ACLU is at the ready to act swiftly and use all of our resources to protect the vote.
By Sarah Brannon, Molly McGrath
At the Polls: Why do we take voting rights away in America?
Over 5 million Americans are kept from the polls by laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting. While the intricacies of these laws vary from state to state, people who have been convicted of a felony are blocked from voting in one way or another in 48 states. But why do felony...
Over 5 million Americans are kept from the polls by laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting. While the intricacies of these laws vary from state to state, people who have been convicted of a felony are blocked from voting in one way or another in 48 states. But why do felony...
Dear Congress: Platform Accountability Should Not Threaten Online Expression
Section 230 protects people’s ability to create, communicate, and build community online. We urge members of Congress to ensure that the internet...
By Kate Ruane
Section 230 protects people’s ability to create, communicate, and build community online. We urge members of Congress to ensure that the internet...
By Kate Ruane
Don't Let the Supreme Court Open the Door to More Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
LGBTQ people already get turned away from food banks, shelters and more. The high court's decision in Fulton could make things worse.
By Gabriel Arkles
LGBTQ people already get turned away from food banks, shelters and more. The high court's decision in Fulton could make things worse.
By Gabriel Arkles
Attacks on Trans Athletes are Also an Attack on Intersex People
On Intersex Awareness Day, and every day, we should acknowledge how these attacks impact all of us.
By Alesdair H. Ittelson
On Intersex Awareness Day, and every day, we should acknowledge how these attacks impact all of us.
By Alesdair H. Ittelson
The Supreme Court Case That Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Rights
A foster care agency in Philadelphia that wants to turn away same-sex couples is putting anti-discrimination protections in jeopardy in the name of...
By ACLU
A foster care agency in Philadelphia that wants to turn away same-sex couples is putting anti-discrimination protections in jeopardy in the name of...
By ACLU
At the Polls, Episode 6: Your Voting Questions, Answered
We asked for your questions on voting in Election 2020 for the latest episode of At the Polls.
By ACLU
We asked for your questions on voting in Election 2020 for the latest episode of At the Polls.
By ACLU
The Supreme Court Case That Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Rights
The city of Philadelphia learned in March 2018 that two of the agencies it had hired to provide foster care services would not, based on religious objection, accept same-sex couples as foster parents. The city then told the agencies their contracts with the city were in jeopardy unless they...
The city of Philadelphia learned in March 2018 that two of the agencies it had hired to provide foster care services would not, based on religious objection, accept same-sex couples as foster parents. The city then told the agencies their contracts with the city were in jeopardy unless they...