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How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil Liberties
We’re sharing our battle-ready playbook to defend our civil liberties and civil rights no matter who wins the White House this year.
By Anthony D. Romero
How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil LibertiesPodcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
Latest on COVID-19
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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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High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win
We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.
By Elisabeth Snyder, Allison Swann
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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
Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?![A picture of Donald Trump.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/trump-immunity-blog-800x533.jpg)
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
Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Blank Check to Break the LawPodcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
Latest on COVID-19
![Learn about legal actions filed since the start of the outbreak](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/10/tracker1600x1066-2-400x267.png)
Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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The Intertwined Future of Attacks on Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
We’re poised to fight back against state legislative efforts to control our bodies and limit access to essential health care.
By Rose Mackenzie, Arli Christian
We’re poised to fight back against state legislative efforts to control our bodies and limit access to essential health care.
By Rose Mackenzie, Arli Christian
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How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records
New records obtained by the ACLU shed light on the scope of a mass surveillance program keeping tabs on Americans’ financial data.
By Fikayo Walter-Johnson, Nathan Freed Wessler
New records obtained by the ACLU shed light on the scope of a mass surveillance program keeping tabs on Americans’ financial data.
By Fikayo Walter-Johnson, Nathan Freed Wessler
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The Dangers of Drag Censorship with Peppermint
Last year, the LGBTQ community faced an onslaught of scrutiny and threats, from bills banning trans youth from participating in sports, to bans on...
Last year, the LGBTQ community faced an onslaught of scrutiny and threats, from bills banning trans youth from participating in sports, to bans on...
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The Best Decision: How Abortion Changed These Lives for the Better
Years later, 16 people reflect on how their abortions allowed them to continue their education, build a career, and lay a stronger foundation for...
By ACLU
Years later, 16 people reflect on how their abortions allowed them to continue their education, build a career, and lay a stronger foundation for...
By ACLU
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Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women
Happy New Year. It's so good to be back with you. Often on At Liberty, we detail what is happening in the field of civil rights and public interest law, from an issue perspective. This week we're doing something a little different. We're highlighting the people behind that work, specifically the...
Happy New Year. It's so good to be back with you. Often on At Liberty, we detail what is happening in the field of civil rights and public interest law, from an issue perspective. This week we're doing something a little different. We're highlighting the people behind that work, specifically the...
2022 in Review: How We Showed Up to Protect Abortion Access
Restricting abortion access threatens everyone’s rights and freedoms nationwide — but in 2022, we fought for reproductive rights at every turn.
By ACLU
Restricting abortion access threatens everyone’s rights and freedoms nationwide — but in 2022, we fought for reproductive rights at every turn.
By ACLU
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ACLU Kids Take the Mic
For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the ACLU kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for...
For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the ACLU kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for...
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Your Guide to Discussing the Right to Seek Asylum at the Dinner Table
The fight to protect the human and legal right to seek asylum in the U.S. is at a critical juncture. Here’s how to talk about it with friends and...
By Katie Hoeppner
The fight to protect the human and legal right to seek asylum in the U.S. is at a critical juncture. Here’s how to talk about it with friends and...
By Katie Hoeppner
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It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots
Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
By Jay Stanley
Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
By Jay Stanley
![Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/12/POLICE_MOBILE_ROBOTS-Blog-400x267.jpg)
![Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/12/POLICE_MOBILE_ROBOTS-Blog-400x400.jpg)
End of Year Pop Quiz: How We Showed Up for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in 2022
As the year comes to a close, revisit the many ways we fought to protect your civil liberties.
By ACLU
As the year comes to a close, revisit the many ways we fought to protect your civil liberties.
By ACLU
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