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Jul 26, 2025

Accessible Voting is Under Attack 35 Years After the ADA

Voting Rights
From restrictive legislation to inaccessible polling places, barriers persist that undermine the rights of voters with disabilities.
From restrictive legislation to inaccessible polling places, barriers persist that undermine the rights of voters with disabilities.
And group of demonstrators, one with a sign taped to their back saying "Let Us Vote!"
And group of demonstrators, one with a sign taped to their back saying "Let Us Vote!"
Jul 23, 2025

AI Could Exacerbate Inequality, Experts Warn

Privacy
At the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age AI Summit, leaders convened to evaluate the civil rights landscape of artificial intelligence and tech, and how we can call for policies that center privacy,...
At the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age AI Summit, leaders convened to evaluate the civil rights landscape of artificial intelligence and tech, and how we can call for policies that center privacy,...
The panel members of the ACLU CRiDA Summit.
The panel members of the ACLU CRiDA Summit.
Jul 21, 2025

Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity

Racial Justice
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive...
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive...
The The National Institutes of Health homepage with a closeup of its logo.
The The National Institutes of Health homepage with a closeup of its logo.
Jul 17, 2025

60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press

Free Speech
From civil rights protests to Trump-era lawsuits, New York Times v. Sullivan continues to shape press freedom
From civil rights protests to Trump-era lawsuits, New York Times v. Sullivan continues to shape press freedom
The homepage of the New York Times' website.
The homepage of the New York Times' website.
Jul 17, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants

Immigrants' Justice
After a harrowing ICE detention, she’s urging others to protect immigrant rights.
After a harrowing ICE detention, she’s urging others to protect immigrant rights.
Rümeysa Öztürk reads an art book.
Rümeysa Öztürk reads an art book.
Jul 7, 2025

Takeaways from the Supreme Court's Term

Criminal Justice
This term was marked by sharp right turns in major civil rights cases, a mixed record on lower-profile cases, and mixed outcomes in an ascendant emergency docket
This term was marked by sharp right turns in major civil rights cases, a mixed record on lower-profile cases, and mixed outcomes in an ascendant emergency docket
A half-lowered US flag waves in front of the US Supreme Court.
A half-lowered US flag waves in front of the US Supreme Court.