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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 — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t 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.
ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵWomen's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
Attorney Ashley Johnson reflects how Gloria Steinem shares the work of the ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵand how it lit the way for her own future in advocacy.
By Ashley Johnson
ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵWomen's Rights Advocate Honors Gloria Steinem's Legacy
ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵBack-To-School Bookshelf 2026: Artists, Authors, and Creators Share Their Favorite Reads About Civil Liberties
In our series, the ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵhas 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
ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵBack-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 — in defiance of a federal judge’s orders. They hadn’t 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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Canceling Student Debt Can Help Build Black Women’s Futures
We don’t need more shallow praise for “saving” the nation — we need Biden to cancel our student debt.
By Shakya Cherry-Donaldson
We don’t need more shallow praise for “saving” the nation — we need Biden to cancel our student debt.
By Shakya Cherry-Donaldson
Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's...
By Jessica Bansal
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's...
By Jessica Bansal
Resilience, Liberation, and the Interconnectedness of Pride
If Marsha and Sylvia taught us anything, it’s that if Pride doesn’t include all of us, it doesn’t hold meaning for any of us.
If Marsha and Sylvia taught us anything, it’s that if Pride doesn’t include all of us, it doesn’t hold meaning for any of us.
Lives First, Profits Later: How To Close the Global Vaccine Gap
In the U.S., it’s easy to think we’re in the final chapter of this global pandemic. Baseball stadiums have replaced cardboard cutouts with screaming fans, and the aroma of fresh popcorn is wafting once again from movie theaters’ open doors.  As of this recording, more than 60% of US adults...
In the U.S., it’s easy to think we’re in the final chapter of this global pandemic. Baseball stadiums have replaced cardboard cutouts with screaming fans, and the aroma of fresh popcorn is wafting once again from movie theaters’ open doors.  As of this recording, more than 60% of US adults...
Supreme Court Ruling is a Win for Investigative Journalists and Civil Rights Researchers
This ruling is critically important to hold powerful online platforms accountable against discrimination.
By Esha Bhandari
This ruling is critically important to hold powerful online platforms accountable against discrimination.
By Esha Bhandari
How the Police Lobby Impedes Public Safety
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, we must address the lobbying power of police.
By Schanelle Saldanha
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, we must address the lobbying power of police.
By Schanelle Saldanha
How the Police Lobby Impedes Public Safety
There were only 18 days last year that did not see a police officer kill a civilian in this country. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace Jr, Daniel Prude, and Rayshard Brooks, were among the 1,127 people killed by police last year. And we know that Black people are more than three times...
There were only 18 days last year that did not see a police officer kill a civilian in this country. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Walter Wallace Jr, Daniel Prude, and Rayshard Brooks, were among the 1,127 people killed by police last year. And we know that Black people are more than three times...
A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance
Among the intelligence community elite, there seems to be a new recognition that excessive secrecy can be costly — and not just to democracy but...
By Jameel Jaffer, Patrick Toomey
Among the intelligence community elite, there seems to be a new recognition that excessive secrecy can be costly — and not just to democracy but...
By Jameel Jaffer, Patrick Toomey
Protect People, Not Police Lobbyists
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, the ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵis launching a campaign to expose the lobbying power of...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier
To create and foster the genuine public safety BIPOC communities are demanding, the ĚŇ×ÓĘÓƵis launching a campaign to expose the lobbying power of...
By Nicole Zayas Fortier
The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Violence of Forgetting
A horrific act of racism-fueled mob violence took place 100 years ago. Why don't more people know about it?
By ACLU
A horrific act of racism-fueled mob violence took place 100 years ago. Why don't more people know about it?
By ACLU
