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ACLU 2025 Annual Report
Our 2025 annual report details how the ACLU’s network of 2,175 staff and 7 million activists and members worked around the clock this year to protect free speech, immigrants’ rights, LGBTQ equality, and much more from the Trump administration’s unconstitutional agenda. To date, the ACLU has already taken over 200 legal actions against the Trump administration. Alongside lists of the ACLU’s key wins and efforts in 2025, the report tells the stories of ACLU advocates, clients, and staff who are on the front lines of this fight.
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ACLU Digital ID State Legislative Recommendations
Around the country, state legislatures are embracing digital driver licenses — a nightmarish new electronic national identification system that has the potential to track everybody both online and off. In this document, we lay out 14 state legislative protections we think represent the very minimum that should be done to allay this risk. We include an explanation of each measure as well as recommended legislative language for each.
This document supercedes version 1.0 (October 2024) of these recommendations.
"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus"
“Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus,” an ACLU and Amnesty International USA research report, documents the heavy-handed responses by certain university and college administrators and police to campus protests concerning Israel’s war in Gaza. The report is based on a two-year investigation of the policies and practices of 46 public and 34 private university and college campuses across 28 states and the District of Columbia, and the impact of those responses on student protesters and the broader academic community. It also documents the federal government’s fierce McCarthyite campaign against pro-Palestinian speech and expression that began in late 2023 and continues today. The report concludes with recommendations to policymakers, the federal government, and university leaders to protect academic freedom for all.
An executive summary is available here.
"Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus" Executive Summary
“Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus,” an ACLU and Amnesty International USA research report, documents the heavy-handed responses by certain university and college administrators and police to campus protests concerning Israel’s war in Gaza. The report is based on a two-year investigation of the policies and practices of 46 public and 34 private university and college campuses across 28 states and the District of Columbia, and the impact of those responses on student protesters and the broader academic community. It also documents the federal government’s fierce McCarthyite campaign against pro-Palestinian speech and expression that began in late 2023 and continues today. The report concludes with recommendations to policymakers, the federal government, and university leaders to protect free speech and academic freedom for all.
The full report is available here.
ACLU Magazine
Published twice a year, ACLU Magazine shares updates on the ACLU’s critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive ACLU Magazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.
