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Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
In a 1965 case to combat racial and gender discrimination in jury selection, Pauli Murray's imaginative and visionary legal theory shows how pushing the boundaries of legal frameworks can expand who the Constitution protects.
By Hibah Ansari
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
By Cecillia Wang
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In "Let the Record Show," the ACLU's newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional. It's led to an array of landmark decisions that continue to protect our civil liberties today.
By Vanessa Mbonu, Hibah Ansari
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power TodayPodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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Immigrants have been Denied Due Process for Years. In New England, that’s about to Change.
In Massachusetts, our litigation means hundreds of immigrants are now entitled to fair bond hearings.
By Matthew Segal
In Massachusetts, our litigation means hundreds of immigrants are now entitled to fair bond hearings.
By Matthew Segal
Under Attack by Trump, Immigrant Justice is Advancing in the States
In 2019, state and local officials got the message: Our communities must and will fight back.
By Naureen Shah
In 2019, state and local officials got the message: Our communities must and will fight back.
By Naureen Shah
Why Incarceration Doesn't Reduce Violence
Mass incarceration in the U.S. is an indisputable fact, but most reforms focus on nonviolent offenses. As uncomfortable as it may be, we can't dismantle mass incarceration without changing the way we think about, talk about, and respond to violence. At Liberty spoke with Danielle Sered, who is...
Mass incarceration in the U.S. is an indisputable fact, but most reforms focus on nonviolent offenses. As uncomfortable as it may be, we can't dismantle mass incarceration without changing the way we think about, talk about, and respond to violence. At Liberty spoke with Danielle Sered, who is...
A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.
If I, carrying all the privilege of a white ACLU lawyer, could not opt-out of the invasive technology, what chance do other travelers — and...
By Shaw Drake
If I, carrying all the privilege of a white ACLU lawyer, could not opt-out of the invasive technology, what chance do other travelers — and...
By Shaw Drake
Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online
The bills are likely to set the tone for much-anticipated final legislation safeguarding our privacy rights online.
The bills are likely to set the tone for much-anticipated final legislation safeguarding our privacy rights online.
How the ACLU Won the Largest Mass Acquittal in American History
In May 1971, the Nixon administration cracked down unconstitutionally on a massive anti-Vietnam War protest with the largest mass arrests in U.S....
In May 1971, the Nixon administration cracked down unconstitutionally on a massive anti-Vietnam War protest with the largest mass arrests in U.S....
The ACLU’s Fifth Column?
As a young part-timer during the summer of 1977, I went through the FBI’s ACLU files. My colleagues and I discovered that prominent ACLU leaders...
By Gara LaMarche
As a young part-timer during the summer of 1977, I went through the FBI’s ACLU files. My colleagues and I discovered that prominent ACLU leaders...
By Gara LaMarche
Congress Must Act to Protect the Right to Vote
It is long past due for Congress to renew the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The price of inaction is too high for us to wait.
By Sonia Gill
It is long past due for Congress to renew the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The price of inaction is too high for us to wait.
By Sonia Gill
During Japanese American Incarceration, the ACLU Lost — and Then Found — Its Way
The government’s World War II-era incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry sparked bitter disputes within the ACLU. They hold important...
By Elaine Elinson, Stan Yogi
The government’s World War II-era incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry sparked bitter disputes within the ACLU. They hold important...
By Elaine Elinson, Stan Yogi
Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
This World AIDS Day we are fighting to end the criminalization of trans bodies and those living with HIV.
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
This World AIDS Day we are fighting to end the criminalization of trans bodies and those living with HIV.
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
