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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...
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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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A Landmark Supreme Court Decision Affirms LGBTQ Rights
Chase Strangio breaks down what this week's SCOTUS win means for LGBTQ people nationwide.
By ACLU
Chase Strangio breaks down what this week's SCOTUS win means for LGBTQ people nationwide.
By ACLU
Local Officials: Pledge to Divest from Police and Reinvest in Black Communities
To achieve substantive change, local officials need to make these three important commitments to their communities on police reform.
By ACLU
To achieve substantive change, local officials need to make these three important commitments to their communities on police reform.
By ACLU
SCOTUS Must Now Ensure LGBTQ People Are Not Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs
The Supreme Court’s next case about LGBTQ rights could gut long-standing laws against discrimination.
By Rose Saxe
The Supreme Court’s next case about LGBTQ rights could gut long-standing laws against discrimination.
By Rose Saxe
How is Face Recognition Surveillance Technology Racist?
If police are authorized to deploy invasive face surveillance technologies against our communities, these technologies will unquestionably be used...
By Kade Crockford
If police are authorized to deploy invasive face surveillance technologies against our communities, these technologies will unquestionably be used...
By Kade Crockford
A Landmark Supreme Court Decision Affirms LGBTQ Rights
It’s been over 50 years since Black and Brown trans women led the revolutionary Stonewall Riots, fighting back against police brutality and discrimination and launching a movement for equality. Today, we celebrate another incredible landmark in the fight for LGBTQ rights. In a 6 to 3 decision,...
It’s been over 50 years since Black and Brown trans women led the revolutionary Stonewall Riots, fighting back against police brutality and discrimination and launching a movement for equality. Today, we celebrate another incredible landmark in the fight for LGBTQ rights. In a 6 to 3 decision,...
What Today's Supreme Court Ruling Means for the LGBTQ Community
The ruling is a landmark win for LGBTQ rights, but there's more to be done to achieve full equality in the workplace.
By Rose Saxe
The ruling is a landmark win for LGBTQ rights, but there's more to be done to achieve full equality in the workplace.
By Rose Saxe
We Won't Address Our Mass Incarceration Crisis Until We Rethink Our Approach to "Violent Crime"
Advocacy and litigation strategies have too often reinforced dichotomies between "violent" and "nonviolent" crime. That is a mistake.
By April Rodriguez
Advocacy and litigation strategies have too often reinforced dichotomies between "violent" and "nonviolent" crime. That is a mistake.
By April Rodriguez
Supreme Court Says Firing Workers Because They Are LGBTQ Is Unlawful Discrimination
This win is important, but the only way to get comprehensive protections for LGBTQ people is to pass the Equality Act.
By James Esseks
This win is important, but the only way to get comprehensive protections for LGBTQ people is to pass the Equality Act.
By James Esseks
Congress Can Lead the Charge on Divesting From Law Enforcement
The acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter demands bold and visionary leadership at the national level.
By Kanya Bennett
The acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter demands bold and visionary leadership at the national level.
By Kanya Bennett
Policing the Press: A Journalist on the Frontlines
Freelance reporter Jared Goyette, a plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit seeking justice for journalists who endured police violence whiel covering...
By ACLU
Freelance reporter Jared Goyette, a plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit seeking justice for journalists who endured police violence whiel covering...
By ACLU