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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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Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped
On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror of his car. This story is...
On Sunday, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after being pulled over for traffic violations. The violations? He had expired tags on his license and air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror of his car. This story is...
The Computer Got it Wrong: Why We’re Taking the Detroit Police to Court Over a Faulty Face Recognition 'Match'
Face recognition technology turns everybody into a suspect and threatens our civil rights.
By Jeremy Shur, Deborah Won
Face recognition technology turns everybody into a suspect and threatens our civil rights.
By Jeremy Shur, Deborah Won
Police Must Not Create Digital Dossiers of Data from our Phones and Computers
Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
The Oscar Nominated Film Uplifting the Disability Rights Revolution
This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to tell the story of a summer camp that seeded a disability...
This week, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes featuring a conversation with the filmmakers of the documentary, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham use archival footage and interviews to tell the story of a summer camp that seeded a disability...
Special Report: Chase Strangio on the Legislative Assault on Trans Youth
The Arkansas legislature just passed HB 1570, a bill that would ban gender confirming health care for trans youth in the state. This comes just one day after Arkansas’ Governor Asa Hutchinson, vetoed the bill amidst pleas from doctors, social workers, and parents of transgender youth. Arkansas...
The Arkansas legislature just passed HB 1570, a bill that would ban gender confirming health care for trans youth in the state. This comes just one day after Arkansas’ Governor Asa Hutchinson, vetoed the bill amidst pleas from doctors, social workers, and parents of transgender youth. Arkansas...
The Promise of Systemic Equality Starts at Home
Last month, we called on the Biden administration to reckon with systemic racism. We're doing that work at our own organization too though.
By AJ Hikes, Sophie Kim Goldmacher
Last month, we called on the Biden administration to reckon with systemic racism. We're doing that work at our own organization too though.
By AJ Hikes, Sophie Kim Goldmacher
I Refused to Become an FBI Informant, and the Government Put Me on the No Fly List
With the help of the ACLU, I’m bringing a lawsuit to challenge the government’s actions.
By Ahmad Chebli
With the help of the ACLU, I’m bringing a lawsuit to challenge the government’s actions.
By Ahmad Chebli
ICE’s Watchdog Agency Confirms Dangerous Conditions in Arizona Immigration Detention Facility
The conditions highlighted in this report are shocking, but not unusual. ICE detention is plagued by dangerous conditions and abuse of detained...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Yvette Borja
The conditions highlighted in this report are shocking, but not unusual. ICE detention is plagued by dangerous conditions and abuse of detained...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Yvette Borja
A Chinese American Scientist and His Family Are Battling the FBI’s Profiling in Court
We must secure justice for Professor Xi and other scientists who have long been harmed by the FBI’s discriminatory profiling and surveillance.
By Patrick Toomey, Ashley Gorski
We must secure justice for Professor Xi and other scientists who have long been harmed by the FBI’s discriminatory profiling and surveillance.
By Patrick Toomey, Ashley Gorski
More Surveillance Isn’t the Answer to the SolarWinds Hack
The existing surveillance apparatus is already expansive and especially dangerous to communities of color, Muslims, and immigrants.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
The existing surveillance apparatus is already expansive and especially dangerous to communities of color, Muslims, and immigrants.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
