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New Report Illustrates How Right to Counsel Prevents Evictions and their Discriminatory Impacts on Communities

An ACLU and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel investigation confirms legal representation for renters facing eviction is a critically important intervention to keep people in their homes and prevent the long-term harms of eviction.

May 11, 2022

Ask an Expert: Free Speech

Our audience asked us hundreds of questions about free speech, and we answered.

May 10, 2022

A Promising Appointment Brings Hope for Federal Clemency Applicants

The new pardon attorney’s background in public defense may bring a needed perspective to those seeking relief.

May 10, 2022

The Roe Draft Signals a Potential New Front in the Already-Raging War Against the LGBTQ Community

This isn’t a “they’re coming for us next” moment. They’ve already come for us, and the fight of our lives is here.

May 9, 2022

Haitian Heritage Month: An American Connection

Learn five facts on the shared early histories of the U.S. and Haiti, the first and second oldest republics in the Western Hemisphere.

May 9, 2022

What to Know About the Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Draft Opinion, and What’s Next

Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, breaks down what you should keep in mind in the wake of the leaked draft.

May 4, 2022