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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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Immigration Detention and Coerced Sterilization: History Tragically Repeats Itself
The ICE detention story reflects a long pattern in the United States of the coerced sterilization of marginalized populations, particularly of...
By Maya Manian
The ICE detention story reflects a long pattern in the United States of the coerced sterilization of marginalized populations, particularly of...
By Maya Manian
How the ACLU is Flexing its Political Muscle in the 2020 Elections
The ACLU is a nonpartisan organization — but we never shy away from a fight when civil liberties are at stake.
By Ronald Newman
The ACLU is a nonpartisan organization — but we never shy away from a fight when civil liberties are at stake.
By Ronald Newman
Wi-Fi is Another Way We Can Be Tracked 24/7
Courts should require a search warrant to ensure that police do not abuse this power.
By Nathan Freed Wessler, Jennifer Stisa Granick
Courts should require a search warrant to ensure that police do not abuse this power.
By Nathan Freed Wessler, Jennifer Stisa Granick
True Justice for Breonna Taylor Won’t Come From Criminal Charges Alone
People are rightfully losing faith in the law’s ability to deliver justice. Here’s what prosecutors could do to fix that.
By Somil Trivedi
People are rightfully losing faith in the law’s ability to deliver justice. Here’s what prosecutors could do to fix that.
By Somil Trivedi
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Got Her Start at the ACLU
Before she became a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth was a mother, a law professor, and the founder of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project.
By Aryeh Neier
Before she became a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth was a mother, a law professor, and the founder of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project.
By Aryeh Neier
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: A Cautionary Tale About Bail “Reform” in Georgia
In Georgia, the disconnect between the law and practice in the context of bail reform is laid bare by a new study.
By Andrea Woods
In Georgia, the disconnect between the law and practice in the context of bail reform is laid bare by a new study.
By Andrea Woods
Facebook's Discrimination Against the LGBT Community
The company rejected an ad of a same-sex couple, but took no issue with a similar ad of a heterosexual couple.
By ACLU, Sera Golding-Young
The company rejected an ad of a same-sex couple, but took no issue with a similar ad of a heterosexual couple.
By ACLU, Sera Golding-Young
Chase Strangio on the New Frontier of Attacks on Trans Youth
September is in full swing, and millions of students across the US are returning to school, though for many, this year looks like none other. As school districts across the country grapple with how to resume classes during a pandemic, many districts and their trans students are facing additional...
September is in full swing, and millions of students across the US are returning to school, though for many, this year looks like none other. As school districts across the country grapple with how to resume classes during a pandemic, many districts and their trans students are facing additional...
When will DeSantis listen to his own voters on ex-felons' voting rights?
At a time of bitter, partisan division, a supermajority of ordinary Democrats and Republicans joined forces to pass the most significant expansion...
By Duncan Hosie
At a time of bitter, partisan division, a supermajority of ordinary Democrats and Republicans joined forces to pass the most significant expansion...
By Duncan Hosie
For Justice Ginsburg, Abortion Was About Equality
With Justice Ginsburg’s death, the fight to protect reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever, as is the need not to settle for what we have...
By Louise Melling
With Justice Ginsburg’s death, the fight to protect reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever, as is the need not to settle for what we have...
By Louise Melling
