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Your Questions Answered: Filming ICE Interactions Safely
Despite government attacks against protesters and the press, documenting interactions with law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the First Amendment. ACLU experts break down what you need to know.
By Byul Yoon, Aaron Horowitz, A student with the University of Florida Students for Justice in Palestine
Your Questions Answered: Filming ICE Interactions SafelyPodcast
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.
Bans Against Trans Athletes Will Not “Save Women’s Sports”
Rather than advance equality and inclusion in athletics for all women and girls, politicians attack transgender athletes, and undercut what women are capable of achieving.
By Gillian Branstetter
Bans Against Trans Athletes Will Not “Save Women’s Sports”
ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
A new ACLU report, “Deputized for Disaster,” illustrates the dangers of the Trump administration’s rapid expansion of the 287(g) program — and how communities are increasingly afraid of local law enforcement officers sworn to protect them.
By Mary Sadallah
ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key Legislation
The ACLU’s new Congressional Scorecard tracks how federal elected officials are voting on key legislation affecting core civil rights and constitutional freedoms.
By Elvia Montoya
How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key LegislationPodcast
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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Marriage as a Tool of White Supremacy (ep.71)
The Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark ACLU case decided in 1967. But the government‘s regulation of marriage and sex didn’t start with anti-miscegenation laws or end with Loving. Melissa Murray — an expert in family law,...
The Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark ACLU case decided in 1967. But the government‘s regulation of marriage and sex didn’t start with anti-miscegenation laws or end with Loving. Melissa Murray — an expert in family law,...
Why Have a Forum on Reparations in Charleston and Why Now?
The ACLU and National African American Reparations Commission are partnering to hold a panel on H.R. 40 in Charleston. Here's why.
By Jeffery Robinson
The ACLU and National African American Reparations Commission are partnering to hold a panel on H.R. 40 in Charleston. Here's why.
By Jeffery Robinson
Abortion is Legal in All 50 States, and We Intend to Keep It That Way
Alabama is just the latest example win in the fight to keep abortion accessible.
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
Alabama is just the latest example win in the fight to keep abortion accessible.
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
The FBI is Tracking Our Faces in Secret. We’re Suing.
There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.
By Kade Crockford
There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.
By Kade Crockford
The First Step Act was Exactly that, a First Step. What Comes Next?
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their plans for fixing the First Step...
By Kanya Bennett
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their plans for fixing the First Step...
By Kanya Bennett
A Humanitarian Crisis of Our Own Making
As a result of a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their cases, tens of thousands of people are stranded in squalid and dangerous conditions on the other side of the southern border. Scores of people who are fleeing persecution have been...
As a result of a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their cases, tens of thousands of people are stranded in squalid and dangerous conditions on the other side of the southern border. Scores of people who are fleeing persecution have been...
Why is Missouri So Afraid of Finding out Whether Lamar Johnson is Innocent of Murder?
A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that...
By Somil Trivedi, Anthony Rothert
A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that...
By Somil Trivedi, Anthony Rothert
South Dakota Governor Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters
The state's quick retreat should serve as a lesson for other legislatures: if you criminalize protest, we will sue.
By Vera Eidelman
The state's quick retreat should serve as a lesson for other legislatures: if you criminalize protest, we will sue.
By Vera Eidelman
I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw.
Overcrowded shelters, kidnappings, and unsanitary living conditions are the norm in a growing humanitarian crisis.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Overcrowded shelters, kidnappings, and unsanitary living conditions are the norm in a growing humanitarian crisis.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Patients’ Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care
We’re challenging the Trump administration’s refusals rule in court, because religion isn’t license to discriminate.
By Lindsey Kaley
We’re challenging the Trump administration’s refusals rule in court, because religion isn’t license to discriminate.
By Lindsey Kaley
