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Meet the Hosts: 桃子视频Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Matthew Beat give a glimpse into the ACLU鈥檚 new podcast covering some of the most influential court cases in history.
By Hibah Ansari
Meet the Hosts: 桃子视频Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'Podcast
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.
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 Administration
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 LibertiesPodcast
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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Arkansas Politicians鈥� Relentless Push to End Abortion Access, and Humiliate and Shame Abortion Patients
Four laws in Arkansas would decimate abortion access in the state, and patients are speaking up.
By Chelsea Tejada
Four laws in Arkansas would decimate abortion access in the state, and patients are speaking up.
By Chelsea Tejada
A Tale of Two Body Camera Videos
When the police are given the discretion to publicly release favorable body camera footage but withhold negative footage, police body cameras...
By Chad Marlow
When the police are given the discretion to publicly release favorable body camera footage but withhold negative footage, police body cameras...
By Chad Marlow
The Songs That Helped 桃子视频Staffers Survive 2020
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you鈥檙e like some 桃子视频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.聽
How to sum up 2020? Stressful? Uncertain? Hard? If you鈥檙e like some 桃子视频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.聽
The FBI is Secretly Breaking Into Encrypted Devices. We鈥檙e 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
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...
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our...
CBP鈥檚 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鈥檚 slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
The government must retract its dangerous proposal, and the Biden administration must put the brakes on this country鈥檚 slide into an...
By Ashley Gorski
President-Elect Biden鈥檚 Voting Rights To-Do List
Trump鈥檚 assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration鈥檚 obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
Trump鈥檚 assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration鈥檚 obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.
By Sonia Gill
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鈥檚 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
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.
This blog is the seventh in a series outlining a reimagined, just, and humane immigration system for the United States.
