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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, 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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What Happens When Prisoners Go on Strike?
More than 2,000 firefighters battling the blaze in California this summer came from inside the state’s prison system. They were part of a national workforce of incarcerated people, paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all, for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part...
More than 2,000 firefighters battling the blaze in California this summer came from inside the state’s prison system. They were part of a national workforce of incarcerated people, paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all, for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part...
The Government Dropped the Ball on U.S. Torture Accountability. Citizens Picked It Up.
By Frank Goldsmith, Christina Cowger
By Frank Goldsmith, Christina Cowger
When Police Use Disappearing-Message Apps, It’s Not Just Bad for Accountability — It’s Illegal
By Mohammad Tajsar
By Mohammad Tajsar
The Reports of Civil Asset Forfeiture’s Death in Philadelphia Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Molly Tack-Hooper
By Molly Tack-Hooper
Greyhound Is Still Failing to Protect Customers from Border Patrol Abuse
The company is failing to exercise its right to prevent Border Partol from conducting racist and unfair interrogations of passengers.
By Chris Rickerd
The company is failing to exercise its right to prevent Border Partol from conducting racist and unfair interrogations of passengers.
By Chris Rickerd
Prisons’ Refusal to Provide Adequate Opioid Treatment Is Cruel and Unlawful
By Carol Rose
By Carol Rose
Voters Choose to Defend Democracy by Approving Voting Rights Measures
By Bobby Hoffman
By Bobby Hoffman
Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Midterm Ballot
By Udi Ofer
By Udi Ofer
Congress Needs to Take Responsibility for Fixing Harassment in Its Own Halls
By Mia Jacobs
By Mia Jacobs
Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
By maya finoh
By maya finoh
