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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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School Segregation 65 Years After Brown v. Board
May 17 marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court case that declared state laws enforcing racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Yet more than six decades later, segregation in some public school systems is worse than ever. Dr. Ansley...
May 17 marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court case that declared state laws enforcing racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Yet more than six decades later, segregation in some public school systems is worse than ever. Dr. Ansley...
Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment
By Kanya Bennett, Ezekiel Edwards
By Kanya Bennett, Ezekiel Edwards
Arizona Officials Say It’s Unsafe for Prisoners to Read About Race and Criminal Justice. They're Wrong.
By Emerson Sykes, Lamya Agarwala
By Emerson Sykes, Lamya Agarwala
Police Unions Should Never Undermine Constitutional Policing
By Paige Fernandez
By Paige Fernandez
We’re Suing to Block Ohio’s Abortion Ban
By Elizabeth Watson
By Elizabeth Watson
New Homeland Security Secretary, Same Anti-Immigrant Agenda
By Chris Rickerd, Shaw Drake
By Chris Rickerd, Shaw Drake
I’ve Been to Guantanamo. It’s No Place for Kids.
By Naureen Shah
By Naureen Shah
Iraqi Immigrants Deserve Their Day in Court
By Britanny Hamama
By Britanny Hamama
The Mueller Report Isn’t The Only Thing That William Barr Is Hiding
By Ashley Gorski
By Ashley Gorski
House Funding Bill Shows How Far We’ve Come in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom—And How Far We Have to Go
By Georgeanne M. Usova
By Georgeanne M. Usova