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This November, Freedom is on the Ballot
We’re sharing our battle-ready playbook to defend our civil liberties and civil rights in the event of a second Biden or Trump administration.
By Anthony D. Romero
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We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability
How much do you know about Araminta Ross? ...
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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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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
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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?![Two demonstrators holding a sign that says "ACLU Out For Freedom."](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/06/stonewall-report-blog-2-800x533.jpg)
55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures
The ACLU’s latest report shows how, despite efforts to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community, police harassment, violence and discrimination continues to target sexual and gender minorities.
By Gillian Branstetter
55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic GesturesPodcast
We Owe It to Harriet Tubman to Talk About Her Disability
How much do you know about Araminta Ross? ...
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The Songs That Helped ACLU Staffers Survive 2020
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you’re like some ACLU staffers, one note of help came quite literally from listening to music. For a special year-end holiday episode, we asked a few staffers to tell us which song provided the service of escape or inspiration or just comfort.
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you’re like some ACLU staffers, one note of help came quite literally from listening to music. For a special year-end holiday episode, we asked a few staffers to tell us which song provided the service of escape or inspiration or just comfort.
The FBI is Secretly Breaking Into Encrypted Devices. We’re Suing.
We can't let the FBI keep the public in the dark about its ability to gain access to information stored on our personal mobile devices.
By Arianna Demas, Felipe Escobedo
We can't let the FBI keep the public in the dark about its ability to gain access to information stored on our personal mobile devices.
By Arianna Demas, Felipe Escobedo
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A Deportation Moratorium, What Comes Next for Biden?
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our...
By Madhuri Grewal
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our...
By Madhuri Grewal
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CBP’s Plan to Expand Face Surveillance at Airports is a Civil Liberties Disaster in the Making
The government must retract its dangerous proposal, and the Biden administration must put the brakes on this country’s slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
The government must retract its dangerous proposal, and the Biden administration must put the brakes on this country’s slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
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President-Elect Biden’s Voting Rights To-Do List
Trump’s assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration’s obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
Trump’s assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration’s obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
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The Winner of the 2020 Election: Drug Legalization
The 2020 election was notable for a lot of reasons, but one winner really stood out: drug legalization. Five states legalized either medicinal or adult use of marijuana. Oregon and D.C. went even further and decriminalized or legalized hard drugs. And the momentum garnered from these...
The 2020 election was notable for a lot of reasons, but one winner really stood out: drug legalization. Five states legalized either medicinal or adult use of marijuana. Oregon and D.C. went even further and decriminalized or legalized hard drugs. And the momentum garnered from these...
They The People: The Biden Administration Must go Beyond Repealing Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights
Access to accurate IDs reduces violence and discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people.
By Arli Christian
Access to accurate IDs reduces violence and discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people.
By Arli Christian
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Biden Can End the Mass Detention of Immigrants
This blog is the seventh in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Madhuri Grewal
This blog is the seventh in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
By Madhuri Grewal
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A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete
Athletes are people, we have a voice, and we deserve to speak up when we experience discrimination.
By Noriana Radwan
Athletes are people, we have a voice, and we deserve to speak up when we experience discrimination.
By Noriana Radwan
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What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing
In our series “100 Years of Racism in U.S. Policing,” we take a critical look at post-riot policing commissions over the last 100 years in four...
By ACLU
In our series “100 Years of Racism in U.S. Policing,” we take a critical look at post-riot policing commissions over the last 100 years in four...
By ACLU
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