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Seven Million People Unite at Peaceful No Kings Protests to Defend Our First Amendment Rights
ACLU Justice Division leader Ellen Flenniken saw people across the country come together to stand up for free speech, protest peacefully, and show that our power grows when we act as one.
By Ellen Flenniken
Seven Million People Unite at Peaceful No Kings Protests to Defend Our First Amendment RightsPodcast
The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention
This summer, Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was covering a protest near Atlanta when local law enforcement arrested him. Then, ICE detained him. For more than 100 days, the agency...
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Trump's Attempt to Roll Back Key Civil Rights-Enforcement Tool
By rolling back “disparate impact” rules, the administration threatens decades of progress against systemic discrimination in housing, jobs, and education.
By Sarah Hinger, Ricardo Mimbela, Linda Morris
Trump's Attempt to Roll Back Key Civil Rights-Enforcement Tool
Live Coverage: No Kings National Day of Action
Follow for live coverage of the nationwide peaceful protests to condemn President Trump's escalating abuses of power.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: No Kings National Day of Action
Louisiana’s Black Voting Power is on the Line in Redistricting Fight
Dr. Press Robinson won a case challenging Louisiana's congressional map last year. Now, the state is trying to dilute the voting power of Black citizens again.
By Dr. Press Robinson
Louisiana’s Black Voting Power is on the Line in Redistricting FightPodcast
The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention
This summer, Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was covering a protest near Atlanta when local law enforcement arrested him. Then, ICE detained him. For more than 100 days, the agency...
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Stay informed on civil rights issues. Discover our latest actions and updates in the Press Release section.
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Pompeo’s New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good
By Jamil Dakwar, Sonia Gill
By Jamil Dakwar, Sonia Gill
We Can Cut Mass Incarceration by 50 Percent
By Taylor Pendergrass
By Taylor Pendergrass
How to Stop Your City From Spying on You
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Two American cities — San Francisco, Calif. and Somerville, Mass. — recently passed local laws to ban the use of facial...
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Two American cities — San Francisco, Calif. and Somerville, Mass. — recently passed local laws to ban the use of facial...
CBP Can’t Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks
By Hugh Handeyside, Anna Diakun
By Hugh Handeyside, Anna Diakun
#ProtectBlackDissent: Campaign to End Surveillance of Black Activists
Law enforcement in the United States have a long history of improperly surveilling and targeting Black leaders and activists who dare to call for...
By ACLU
Law enforcement in the United States have a long history of improperly surveilling and targeting Black leaders and activists who dare to call for...
By ACLU
The Trump Administration’s Proposed “Mixed Status” Housing Rule Is Another Form of Family Separation
By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski, Linda Morris
By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski, Linda Morris
When the State Kills Those Who Didn’t Kill
27 states allow executions of people who took part in a felony that led to a death, even if they didn’t kill anyone. Charles Burton is one of...
By Ashoka Mukpo
27 states allow executions of people who took part in a felony that led to a death, even if they didn’t kill anyone. Charles Burton is one of...
By Ashoka Mukpo
The Case for D.C. Statehood
Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents currently lack full political representation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents them in the House of Representatives, is currently leading an initiative to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents currently lack full political representation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents them in the House of Representatives, is currently leading an initiative to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I’m Fighting to End It
By Kiana Calloway
By Kiana Calloway
Thousands of Voices Are Telling the Supreme Court: Don’t Roll Back LGBTQ Rights
By Ria Tabacco Mar
By Ria Tabacco Mar
