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Trump's Attempt To Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding Is Dangerous, Dumb and Undemocratic Feb. 18, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The Trump administration has not been subtle in its desire to use federal funding for political puni... Read More

Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties Feb. 03, 2025

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A bill that would have required the president to sanction the International Criminal Court has faile... Read More

Trump's Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Accessibility Efforts, Explained Jan. 27, 2025

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The Trump administration's three executive orders targeting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessi... Read More

Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship, Explained Jan. 21, 2025

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The American Civil Liberties Union and immigrants' rights advocates sued the Trump administration on... Read More

'I Thought That Death Was Imminent' Jan. 13, 2025

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*Jean Paul is a pseudonym. All names have been changed to protect those identified in this story. I ... Read More

Disappearing Messages Don't Work -- and They're Great Jan. 06, 2025

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Fifteen years ago it was unfathomable — and a bad idea — to imagine that your digital me... Read More

Attempts at a Technological Solution To Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good Dec. 30, 2024

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There is widespread concern today about the use of generative AI and deepfakes to create fake videos... Read More

Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events -- and Beyond Dec. 23, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Sports stadiums around the country have begun using face recognition to identify ticket holders, thr... Read More

I'm a Doctor. I've Seen How Vital It Is To Speak With Young People About Gender Dec. 09, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

From a young age, I enjoyed playing around with gender roles, but it wasn't until later in my adoles... Read More

Incarceration Should Not Be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids Dec. 02, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The opioid epidemic has gripped communities for more than 20 years. From 1999 to 2022, nearly 727,00... Read More

How Biden Can Act Now To Limit Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda Nov. 25, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

President-elect Donald Trump has made mass detention of immigrant communities a central part of his ... Read More

Biden Must Use Final Months in Office to Commute Federal Death Sentences Nov. 18, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

President-elect Donald Trump has chilling plans to use his second term to expand the federal death p... Read More

We've Seen 105 Years and 19 Presidents. Trump's Gotta Get Past All of Us. Nov. 12, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The results of the election are in: Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States. Tr... Read More

We're Fighting for Our Freedoms -- No Matter Who Is President Nov. 04, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

As we near Election Day, the ACLU is in conversation with state and local activists about how to pre... Read More

W. Kamau Bell and Michigan's Top Rap Stars Get Down for Voting Rights Oct. 28, 2024

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Greeted by the newly constructed "Detroit" sign, my colleagues and I arrived in the Motor City for t... Read More

Why the Fight for Trans Rights Never Gets Easier -- or Less Vital Oct. 15, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

In the spring of 1999, young people across the country began to prepare for that singular teenage ri... Read More

Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate Oct. 08, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

For more than two years, the immigration debate has revolved around one issue: "the border." Despite... Read More

The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained Sep. 30, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Since 2021, 24 states have banned hormone therapy for transgender youth with gender dysphoria. Leadi... Read More

How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care Sep. 23, 2024

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For many of Texas' 3 million border residents, going through federal interior checkpoints — wh... Read More

Why Kamala Harris Must Break the Cycle of Unlawful and Abusive Government Surveillance Sep. 17, 2024

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Since this nation's founding, the executive branch has been granted — or has claimed — i... Read More