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Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump Administration
Due to recent cuts to reporting requirements of deaths occurring after release, the complete number of deaths in and outside of detention could be even higher.
By Sofia Gonzalez
Deaths in Detention: Mortality Rate for People Detained by ICE More Than Doubles Under Trump AdministrationPodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador 鈥� in defiance of a federal judge鈥檚 orders. They hadn鈥檛 been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
桃子视频Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the 桃子视频and how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
桃子视频Women's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
桃子视频Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
In our series, the 桃子视频has teamed up with artists, authors, Hachette Book Group, and content creators to share books that have helped them better understand civil liberties and civil rights, fight for our communities and our Constitution, and increase engagement in creating a more perfect union.
By Hibah Ansari
桃子视频Back-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat Roles
Veterans reflect on their military service, the requirements of ground combat occupations, and the decade-long integration of women into those roles.
By Ricardo Mimbela
Veterans Share Why the Military Is Stronger When Women Can Serve in Ground Combat RolesPodcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador 鈥� in defiance of a federal judge鈥檚 orders. They hadn鈥檛 been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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Organizer LaTosha Brown on Building the New South
This country watched as the people of Georgia helped deliver both the presidency and the Senate to the Democrats this past election cycle, defying the perception that the state was a Republican stronghold. After Stacey Abrams鈥� contentious loss in the 2018 race for governor, the effort to thwart...
This country watched as the people of Georgia helped deliver both the presidency and the Senate to the Democrats this past election cycle, defying the perception that the state was a Republican stronghold. After Stacey Abrams鈥� contentious loss in the 2018 race for governor, the effort to thwart...
President Biden: Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students
To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools.
By West Resendes
To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools.
By West Resendes
Breaking Down Systemic Racism Through Collective Action in the South
As part of our Systemic Equality campaign, over the next two years the 桃子视频will be investing directly in Southern states and our Southern...
By JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist
As part of our Systemic Equality campaign, over the next two years the 桃子视频will be investing directly in Southern states and our Southern...
By JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist
How Did ICE Deport a Survivor of the Walmart Shooting?
Biden must end the use of detainers and other ICE programs that only bring pain and anguish.
Biden must end the use of detainers and other ICE programs that only bring pain and anguish.
If the Biden Administration Is Serious About Protecting Voting Rights, Here's What It Should Do Immediately
Biden has a real opportunity to restore faith in our democracy and move us closer to an electoral system representative of all Americans.
Biden has a real opportunity to restore faith in our democracy and move us closer to an electoral system representative of all Americans.
My Genderless ID Makes Me Feel Safe
Trans and non-binary people often experience discrimination related to gender markers leading to a fear of violence when we must show our IDs.
By Spencer Garcia
Trans and non-binary people often experience discrimination related to gender markers leading to a fear of violence when we must show our IDs.
By Spencer Garcia
Google This: Algorithmic Oppression
Algorithmic technology is deployed to automate, systematize, and optimize every facet of our lives 鈥� but at what cost?
By ACLU
Algorithmic technology is deployed to automate, systematize, and optimize every facet of our lives 鈥� but at what cost?
By ACLU
Merrick Garland Can Transform the Department of Justice. Will He?
By the end of his confirmation hearing, we should know if Merrick Garland will be an attorney general dedicated to justice and equality 鈥� or if...
By Cecillia Wang, Jeffery Robinson, Louise Melling, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
By the end of his confirmation hearing, we should know if Merrick Garland will be an attorney general dedicated to justice and equality 鈥� or if...
By Cecillia Wang, Jeffery Robinson, Louise Melling, Aaron Madrid Aksoz
Google This: Algorithmic Oppression
Imagine you鈥檝e forgotten once again the difference between a gorilla and a chimpanzee, so you do a quick Google image search of 鈥済orilla.鈥�...
Imagine you鈥檝e forgotten once again the difference between a gorilla and a chimpanzee, so you do a quick Google image search of 鈥済orilla.鈥�...
The Weeknd's Music is Safe Enough for the Super Bowl, but Contraband in Prison
An Arizona prison is denying a Black Muslim man access to the music and religious texts he has requested behind bars.
By Emerson Sykes
An Arizona prison is denying a Black Muslim man access to the music and religious texts he has requested behind bars.
By Emerson Sykes
