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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
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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
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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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Facebook's Discrimination Against the LGBT Community
The company rejected an ad of a same-sex couple, but took no issue with a similar ad of a heterosexual couple.
By ACLU, Sera Golding-Young
The company rejected an ad of a same-sex couple, but took no issue with a similar ad of a heterosexual couple.
By ACLU, Sera Golding-Young
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Chase Strangio on the New Frontier of Attacks on Trans Youth
September is in full swing, and millions of students across the US are returning to school, though for many, this year looks like none other. As school districts across the country grapple with how to resume classes during a pandemic, many districts and their trans students are facing additional...
September is in full swing, and millions of students across the US are returning to school, though for many, this year looks like none other. As school districts across the country grapple with how to resume classes during a pandemic, many districts and their trans students are facing additional...
When will DeSantis listen to his own voters on ex-felons' voting rights?
At a time of bitter, partisan division, a supermajority of ordinary Democrats and Republicans joined forces to pass the most significant expansion...
By Duncan Hosie
At a time of bitter, partisan division, a supermajority of ordinary Democrats and Republicans joined forces to pass the most significant expansion...
By Duncan Hosie
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For Justice Ginsburg, Abortion Was About Equality
With Justice Ginsburg’s death, the fight to protect reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever, as is the need not to settle for what we have...
By Louise Melling
With Justice Ginsburg’s death, the fight to protect reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever, as is the need not to settle for what we have...
By Louise Melling
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Reproductive Abuse is Rampant in the Immigration Detention System
Immigrants are routinely abused, silenced, traumatized, and even killed by the U.S. immigration detention system. It has to stop.
By Brigitte Amiri
Immigrants are routinely abused, silenced, traumatized, and even killed by the U.S. immigration detention system. It has to stop.
By Brigitte Amiri
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At the Polls, Episode 2: How Might Changes to the Postal Service Impact the Election?
In this week’s episode of At the Polls, we answer voters’ questions about absentee voting and the role of USPS.
By ACLU
In this week’s episode of At the Polls, we answer voters’ questions about absentee voting and the role of USPS.
By ACLU
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A Conversation with Chase Strangio, One of the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020
The fight for trans rights continues into 2021, with trans student athletes at the helm.
By ACLU
The fight for trans rights continues into 2021, with trans student athletes at the helm.
By ACLU
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933–2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as the first director of the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, persuaded the Supreme Court that women and men, long treated...
By David Cole
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as the first director of the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, persuaded the Supreme Court that women and men, long treated...
By David Cole
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At the Polls: Will the Fate of the USPS Affect Voter Access?
It’s no secret that the postal service has been under attack. Earlier this year, President Trump appointed one of his supporters to serve as Postmaster General. Then, just a few months from the election, that appointee, Louis DeJoy, ordered changes to how the postal service operates. Here’s...
It’s no secret that the postal service has been under attack. Earlier this year, President Trump appointed one of his supporters to serve as Postmaster General. Then, just a few months from the election, that appointee, Louis DeJoy, ordered changes to how the postal service operates. Here’s...
New Data Connect the Federal Executions and a COVID-19 Outbreak in Indiana
The government’s rush to resume federal executions for the first time in 17 years during a pandemic has caused senseless risk for incarcerated...
By Henderson Hill
The government’s rush to resume federal executions for the first time in 17 years during a pandemic has caused senseless risk for incarcerated...
By Henderson Hill
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