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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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I Was Arrested Just for Being Who I Am
When I came out as transgender, I expected I would experience some discrimination, but I didn’t know how strong it would be.
By Meagan Taylor
When I came out as transgender, I expected I would experience some discrimination, but I didn’t know how strong it would be.
By Meagan Taylor
How Can the Justice Department Help CIA Torture Victims? In This Case, By Doing Nothing.
By Dror Ladin
By Dror Ladin
Judges Say No to Obama’s Lock-’Em-Up-With-No-Questions-Asked Immigration Detention Policy
By Michael Tan
By Michael Tan
Houston, We Have a Problem.
By Chase Strangio
By Chase Strangio
If Nothing Happens Between Now and Tonight, Missouri Will Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man
By Brian Stull
By Brian Stull
Close Guantánamo
It is long past time for this shameful episode in American history to be brought to a close.
By ACLU
It is long past time for this shameful episode in American history to be brought to a close.
By ACLU
FBI Documents Reveal New Information on Baltimore Surveillance Flights
By Nathan Freed Wessler
By Nathan Freed Wessler
The NSA Claims It Wants to Be Transparent. How About Starting With Section 702?
By Neema Singh Guliani
By Neema Singh Guliani
Stop Brutalizing Kids in the Classroom
By Dennis Parker
By Dennis Parker
Say It Ain’t So, SXSW 2016 (Updated)
By Benjamin Good
By Benjamin Good
