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This November, Freedom is on the Ballot
We’re sharing our battle-ready playbook to defend our civil liberties and civil rights in the event of a second Biden or Trump administration.
By Anthony D. Romero
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We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability
How much do you know about Araminta Ross? ...
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Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Blank Check to Break the Law
By granting Donald Trump immunity for a wide range of criminal conduct committed while in office, the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent that presidents are above the law.
By David Cole, Brett Max Kaufman
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Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?
America’s past is filled with examples where presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
By ACLU
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55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures
The ACLU’s latest report shows how, despite efforts to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community, police harassment, violence and discrimination continues to target sexual and gender minorities.
By Gillian Branstetter
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We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability
How much do you know about Araminta Ross? ...
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Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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Election Season is Here. Are You Ready to Vote?
Make your plan to vote, starting with your state’s vote by mail options: aclu.org/voter.
By Molly McGrath
Make your plan to vote, starting with your state’s vote by mail options: aclu.org/voter.
By Molly McGrath
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The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant
Too often, our immigration system is used as a tool of discrimination and oppression, rather than as a tool of justice, and the consequences are dire.
By ACLU
Too often, our immigration system is used as a tool of discrimination and oppression, rather than as a tool of justice, and the consequences are dire.
By ACLU
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The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant
Immigrant communities are often asked to “get right with the law,” but is the law right in the first place? That’s what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the Shadows. She taps her experience as the daughter of immigrants and as an immigration attorney to ask whether...
Immigrant communities are often asked to “get right with the law,” but is the law right in the first place? That’s what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the Shadows. She taps her experience as the daughter of immigrants and as an immigration attorney to ask whether...
Lower Courts Agree — It's Time to End Qualified Immunity
It's time that we abolish the doctrine and begin funneling resources away from law enforcement and into community services.
By April Rodriguez
It's time that we abolish the doctrine and begin funneling resources away from law enforcement and into community services.
By April Rodriguez
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The Trump Administration's Attack on Abortion Access Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color Already Devastated by COVID-19
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA restriction on medication for early abortion that disproportionately harms...
By Rachel Reeves
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate an FDA restriction on medication for early abortion that disproportionately harms...
By Rachel Reeves
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ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to...
By Vasudha Talla
Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to...
By Vasudha Talla
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For Black Immigrants, Police and ICE Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Millions have poured onto the streets to yell “Black Lives Matter.” Advocates from Black immigrant communities say that should include theirs...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Millions have poured onto the streets to yell “Black Lives Matter.” Advocates from Black immigrant communities say that should include theirs...
By Ashoka Mukpo
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Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our Democracy
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction — a situation made even more dire by the global health crisis. Congress responded by instating an...
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction — a situation made even more dire by the global health crisis. Congress responded by instating an...
My Brother’s Not Afraid of Much. With COVID-19 in Prison, He’s Scared Out of His Mind.
Scott Clements, a lifelong New Jerseyan, is fighting to save the life of his brother Brian, who faces a heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in...
By Scott Clements
Scott Clements, a lifelong New Jerseyan, is fighting to save the life of his brother Brian, who faces a heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in...
By Scott Clements
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Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad For Our Democracy
In spite of the CDC's partial moratorium on evictions, tenants nationwide remain vulnerable.
By ACLU
In spite of the CDC's partial moratorium on evictions, tenants nationwide remain vulnerable.
By ACLU
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