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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.
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 Today
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.
ACLU breaks down findings from our latest report on how mass deportations are breaking our democracy.
By Naureen Shah
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.Podcast
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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VIDEO: Surveillance, Secrecy, and Government Accountability
Last month, ACLU Deputy Legal Director participated in a panel convened by Open Society Foundations in New York City entitled National Security...
By Amanda Corlett
Last month, ACLU Deputy Legal Director participated in a panel convened by Open Society Foundations in New York City entitled National Security...
By Amanda Corlett
Health Records Being Uploaded to Databases Without Patient Consent
By Corinne Carey
By Corinne Carey
School Is For Everyone: Celebrating Plyler v. Doe
By Anthony D. Romero
By Anthony D. Romero
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By Rekha Arulanantham
By Rekha Arulanantham
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Florida’s Latest Attempt to Purge Voters from the Rolls
By Katie O'Connor
By Katie O'Connor
"Honey, We Did It!" – Edie Windsor Says Thank You
By Robyn Shepherd
By Robyn Shepherd
Medical Marijuana: The Tipping Point
By Emma Andersson
By Emma Andersson
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Each week, we feature our some of the most exciting and relevant news in overincarceration discourse that we’ve spotted from the previous week.
By Alex Stamm
Each week, we feature our some of the most exciting and relevant news in overincarceration discourse that we’ve spotted from the previous week.
By Alex Stamm
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By Anna Salem
By Anna Salem
