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Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It.
Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and civil rights.
By Mike Zamore
Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It.Podcast
At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Know Your Rights Bus Tour Philly
You may recognize W. Kamau Bell from his multi-Emmy award-winning docuseries United Shades of America, from his Substack Who’s With Me, or from his commercials for the ACLU. Bell has worked with...
Latest on COVID-19
Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
The Drag Queens Helping You Vote
On tour with the ACLU’s Know Your Rights bus tour, drag queens and other artists from Philadelphia and Detroit helped audiences test their knowledge of democracy.
By Hanna Stolzer
The Drag Queens Helping You VoteKnow Your Rights Game Show: Home Edition!
How well do you know your rights? Test your knowledge when you play the online version of our Bus Tour’s Know Your Rights Game Show quiz.
By ACLU
Know Your Rights Game Show: Home Edition!The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
By Gillian Branstetter
The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.Podcast
At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Know Your Rights Bus Tour Philly
You may recognize W. Kamau Bell from his multi-Emmy award-winning docuseries United Shades of America, from his Substack Who’s With Me, or from his commercials for the ACLU. Bell has worked with...
Latest on COVID-19
Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Aerial Surveillance of Protesters
The government is using a deeply invasive, coordinated aerial surveillance campaign to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, gather information, and...
By Jay Stanley, Nicola Morrow
The government is using a deeply invasive, coordinated aerial surveillance campaign to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, gather information, and...
By Jay Stanley, Nicola Morrow
Undocumented Youth Won on DACA, but Trump’s a Sore Loser. So What’s Next?
Our fight for permanent protections for Dreamers and a humane immigration system continues.
By Andrea Flores
Our fight for permanent protections for Dreamers and a humane immigration system continues.
By Andrea Flores
Police Divestment Efforts Must Include Universities
Young people on campuses around the country are calling for an end to private university policing.
By Sanjali De Silva
Young people on campuses around the country are calling for an end to private university policing.
By Sanjali De Silva
Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic — 3rd Edition
The third post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks at...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The third post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks at...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
"Crip Camp" Directors on the Overlooked Disability Rights Movement
July 26th marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA. The ADA is a federal law that requires businesses, employers, public facilities, schools, and transportation agencies to make accommodations for disabled people, and helps weed out basic discrimination. When...
July 26th marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA. The ADA is a federal law that requires businesses, employers, public facilities, schools, and transportation agencies to make accommodations for disabled people, and helps weed out basic discrimination. When...
Prosecutors Disappoint During Pandemic — 2nd Edition
The second post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The second post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog looks...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
Communities Deserve Better Than Bayonets and Grenade Launchers: The Defense 1033 Program Must End Now
The 1033 program is the vehicle that enables militarized responses against protestors, at the Southern border, and to advance the failed drug war.
By Kanya Bennett
The 1033 program is the vehicle that enables militarized responses against protestors, at the Southern border, and to advance the failed drug war.
By Kanya Bennett
Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic
The first post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, LA,...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
The first post in our series analyzing the response from prosecutors to decarcerate and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, LA,...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Weronika Bzura
How I Finally Met John Lewis
John Lewis will continue to be a force in all of our lives, and his legacy is a reminder that the arc of justice does not bend easily — and...
By Susan N. Herman
John Lewis will continue to be a force in all of our lives, and his legacy is a reminder that the arc of justice does not bend easily — and...
By Susan N. Herman
D.C. Statehood is a Racial Justice Issue
The legal and moral argument for D.C. statehood.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
The legal and moral argument for D.C. statehood.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux