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Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for "Public Safety"
We’re on the Hill this week telling Congress to fund real solutions
By Ellen Flenniken, Cynthia W. Roseberry
Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for "Public Safety"Podcast
We’re Still Ready: Trump’s First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang
We talk a lot on At Liberty about knowing our rights, but since Donald Trump returned to office, where do those rights stand? This week, the ACLU’s National Legal Director Cecillia Wang joins...
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Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People with Disabilities
We’ve been here before. Work requirements only cut care, nothing else.
By Jacob Abudaram, Susan Mizner
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People with Disabilities
How We Help the Immigrant Community Feel Seen
When Jeannie Parent and her volunteer group, KWESI, visit immigrants held in a California detention center, she’s inspired by the sense of connection and community she can foster in spite of the circumstances.
By Jeannie Parent
How We Help the Immigrant Community Feel Seen
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
By Hina Shamsi
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us AllPodcast
We’re Still Ready: Trump’s First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang
We talk a lot on At Liberty about knowing our rights, but since Donald Trump returned to office, where do those rights stand? This week, the ACLU’s National Legal Director Cecillia Wang joins...
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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Single Sex Facilities: Battleground and Opportunity
By James Esseks
By James Esseks


Why Broadband Carriers are a Menace to Privacy
By Jay Stanley
By Jay Stanley


In America, the UN Finds the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association Are Being Eroded, and Race Plays a Big Factor
By Thaddeus Talbot
By Thaddeus Talbot


Victory: North Carolina Legislators Won’t Be Able to Suppress the Vote This Election
By Julie Ebenstein
By Julie Ebenstein


Chelsea Manning Faces Charges for Trying to Take Her Own Life
By Allison Steinberg
By Allison Steinberg


Could Equal Pay, Paid Family Leave, and Pregnancy Protections Be the Issues That Bridge the Political Divide?
By Conor Ahern
By Conor Ahern


Did Their Backs Hurt Your Knives?
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas


Patients Deserve Their Doctor's Best Medical Judgment, But Texas Bureaucrats Think They Know Better
By Leslie Johnson
By Leslie Johnson


ACLU Supports State of Utah in Legal Showdown With DEA Over Medical Privacy
By Eliza Sweren-Becker
By Eliza Sweren-Becker


Black Lives Matter in Our Courtrooms Too
By Mike Brickner
By Mike Brickner


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