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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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We鈥檙e Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance Activities
The company鈥檚 surveillance activities are a threat to privacy, safety, and security.
By Nathan Freed Wessler
The company鈥檚 surveillance activities are a threat to privacy, safety, and security.
By Nathan Freed Wessler
Anthony Romero on Leading in Times of Crisis
Anthony Romero has been the Executive Director of the 桃子视频for nearly 20 years. He鈥檚 seen the organization through periods of massive growth and numerous national crises. Romero started the job just seven days before September 11, 2001. The subsequent so-called War on Terror presented new and...
Anthony Romero has been the Executive Director of the 桃子视频for nearly 20 years. He鈥檚 seen the organization through periods of massive growth and numerous national crises. Romero started the job just seven days before September 11, 2001. The subsequent so-called War on Terror presented new and...
The FDA is Making Needless COVID-19 Risks a Condition of Abortion and Miscarriage Care. We鈥檙e Suing.
Against a nationwide medical consensus, the FDA is forcing patients to endure life-threatening risks to access medication to end an early pregnancy...
By Julia Kaye
Against a nationwide medical consensus, the FDA is forcing patients to endure life-threatening risks to access medication to end an early pregnancy...
By Julia Kaye
ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices
Over a thousand pages of records begin to explain how ICE and CBP are using cell-site simulators. We鈥檙e suing to find out more.
By Alexia Ramirez
Over a thousand pages of records begin to explain how ICE and CBP are using cell-site simulators. We鈥檙e suing to find out more.
By Alexia Ramirez
Reparations 鈥� Has the Time Finally Come?
I have been in the reparations movement for nearly 50 years, and I鈥檝e never been more optimistic about its chances for success.
By Nkechi Taifa
I have been in the reparations movement for nearly 50 years, and I鈥檝e never been more optimistic about its chances for success.
By Nkechi Taifa
For Betty Riddle, Amendment 4 Win Makes Her A Part of Society, Not Apart
Betty was one of 1.4 million Floridians re-enfranchised by Amendment 4. This is her story on the fight to restore her rights.
Betty was one of 1.4 million Floridians re-enfranchised by Amendment 4. This is her story on the fight to restore her rights.
ICE鈥檚 Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives
ICE has been demonstrably dishonest with the courts and public about matters related to COVID-19 鈥� so we're filing a FOIA request to uncover more...
ICE has been demonstrably dishonest with the courts and public about matters related to COVID-19 鈥� so we're filing a FOIA request to uncover more...
鈥淣ationals鈥� but not 鈥淐itizens鈥�: How the U.S. Denies Citizenship to American Samoans
American Samoans are Americans. It鈥檚 time we started treating them as such.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
American Samoans are Americans. It鈥檚 time we started treating them as such.
By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux
Georgetown Students Demonstrate How Reparations Can Be Made to African-American Students
Institutions of higher education should establish reparation funds to finance the educations of African-Americans descended from slaves.
By V.P. Franklin
Institutions of higher education should establish reparation funds to finance the educations of African-Americans descended from slaves.
By V.P. Franklin
H.R. 40 Is Not a Symbolic Act. It鈥檚 a Path to Restorative Justice.
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role.
By Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role.
By Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
