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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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The National Archives Doctored A Women鈥檚 March Photo Critical of Trump. We鈥檙e Demanding Answers.
Altering the photo 鈥� and thereby rewriting history 鈥� was nothing less than Orwellian.
By Louise Melling
Altering the photo 鈥� and thereby rewriting history 鈥� was nothing less than Orwellian.
By Louise Melling
47 Years Later, We鈥檙e Fighting to Make Roe a Reality Everywhere
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order
In the United States, nobody is above the law 鈥� not even CBP. We will continue to fight in legislatures, in courtrooms, and on the streets to...
By Carol Rose
In the United States, nobody is above the law 鈥� not even CBP. We will continue to fight in legislatures, in courtrooms, and on the streets to...
By Carol Rose
"Fight of the Century" Looks at 100 Years of Landmark 桃子视频Cases
The passage below is an excerpt from the new book, "Fight of the Century," edited by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, with essays from some of...
By Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon
The passage below is an excerpt from the new book, "Fight of the Century," edited by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, with essays from some of...
By Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon
The Supreme Court Takes Up the Issue of Birth Control Coverage 鈥� Again
Despite the popularity and importance of the birth control benefit, religiously affiliated employers and universities unleashed a flood of lawsuits...
By Brigitte Amiri
Despite the popularity and importance of the birth control benefit, religiously affiliated employers and universities unleashed a flood of lawsuits...
By Brigitte Amiri
2019 Proved We Can Stop Face Recognition Surveillance
Congress can 鈥� and must 鈥� make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Congress can 鈥� and must 鈥� make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Ayelet Waldman on the ACLU鈥檚 100 Year Fight
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU鈥檚 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today鈥檚 most prominent writers reflecting on landmark 桃子视频cases. The book is called Fight of The...
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU鈥檚 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today鈥檚 most prominent writers reflecting on landmark 桃子视频cases. The book is called Fight of The...
The White House's Dangerously Expansive Views on Trump's Powers That You Can't See
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Arkansas Legislators鈥� Attack on Abortion is Unconstitutional
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids鈥� Lives at the Start of the Decade
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
