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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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Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers
A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes in...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Joanna Naples-Mitchell
A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes in...
By Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Joanna Naples-Mitchell
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Britney Spears’ Reproductive Freedom is a Disability Rights Issue
Spears’ experience is part of a long history of people with disabilities — most often people of color — being robbed of the right to control...
By Zoe Brennan-Krohn, Rebecca McCray
Spears’ experience is part of a long history of people with disabilities — most often people of color — being robbed of the right to control...
By Zoe Brennan-Krohn, Rebecca McCray
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Jailed For a Faulty Battery and Left to Catch COVID-19
Abolishing restrictive monitoring is the next frontier of criminal, economic, and racial justice.
By Yazmine Nichols
Abolishing restrictive monitoring is the next frontier of criminal, economic, and racial justice.
By Yazmine Nichols
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This Minnesota Mayor Isn't Waiting For Another Police Shooting
In this week’s podcast episode, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott joins us to discuss his city's groundbreaking policing resolution.
By Jacquelyne Germain
In this week’s podcast episode, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott joins us to discuss his city's groundbreaking policing resolution.
By Jacquelyne Germain
![Mike Elliott takes the oath of office as the city's new mayor with city clerk Barb Suciu, right, during Elliot's inauguration ceremony](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/06/WEB21_6-25-pod-promo-Wordpress_1110x740.pg_-400x267.jpg)
![Mike Elliott takes the oath of office as the city's new mayor with city clerk Barb Suciu, right, during Elliot's inauguration ceremony](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/06/WEB21_6-25-pod-promo-Wordpress_1110x740.pg_-400x400.jpg)
This Minnesota Mayor Isn't Waiting for Another Police Shooting
Just two months ago, Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, was the backdrop of yet another incident of police brutality when 20-year-old Daunte...
Just two months ago, Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, was the backdrop of yet another incident of police brutality when 20-year-old Daunte...
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Unaccompanied Children’s Well-Being Must Come First at Fort Bliss and Across Texas
Emergency steps were needed to remove children from Border Patrols facilities, but the Biden administration must now ensure the humane treatment of...
By Shaw Drake, Bernardo Rafael Cruz
Emergency steps were needed to remove children from Border Patrols facilities, but the Biden administration must now ensure the humane treatment of...
By Shaw Drake, Bernardo Rafael Cruz
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PayPal and Venmo are Shutting Out Sex Workers, Putting Lives and Livelihoods at Risk
In order to show a commitment to human rights, civil liberties, and sound technology policy, it’s imperative that PayPal and Venmo provide...
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
In order to show a commitment to human rights, civil liberties, and sound technology policy, it’s imperative that PayPal and Venmo provide...
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
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On the Podcast: Defending Speech We Hate
On At Liberty, we unpack the truth behind accusations that the ACLU has abandoned its commitment to the First Amendment.
By Ines Santos
On At Liberty, we unpack the truth behind accusations that the ACLU has abandoned its commitment to the First Amendment.
By Ines Santos
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D.C. Statehood is Constitutional. Robert Kennedy Never Said Otherwise.
The nearly 700,000 residents of D.C. still lack full rights. It’s time to finally take the next step forward and pass the Washington, D.C....
By Kristen Lee, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
The nearly 700,000 residents of D.C. still lack full rights. It’s time to finally take the next step forward and pass the Washington, D.C....
By Kristen Lee, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
![Advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Supreme Court and Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a fifty-first state, in Washington, Monday, March 22, 2021.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/06/DC-Statehood-Header-400x267.jpg)
![Advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Supreme Court and Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a fifty-first state, in Washington, Monday, March 22, 2021.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/06/DC-Statehood-Header-400x400.jpg)
President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People From Being Sent Back to Prison
If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal...
By Udi Ofer
If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal...
By Udi Ofer
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