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Aug 13, 2024

Why a Harris Presidency Promises Hope for LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ+ Rights
The Biden-Harris administration’s record of improving protections for LGBTQ people suggests that Kamala Harris would be a champion for the community if elected.
The Biden-Harris administration’s record of improving protections for LGBTQ people suggests that Kamala Harris would be a champion for the community if elected.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to LGBTQ rights.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to LGBTQ rights.
Aug 6, 2024

High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win

Students & Youth Rights
We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.
We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.
A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.
A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.
Aug 6, 2024

How Kamala Harris Can Secure Federal Abortion Protection Once and For All

Gender Equity & Reproductive Freedom
The ACLU lays out our roadmap for protecting abortion access and advocating for improved reproductive health care protections under a potential Harris presidency.
The ACLU lays out our roadmap for protecting abortion access and advocating for improved reproductive health care protections under a potential Harris presidency.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to reproductive rights.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to reproductive rights.
Jul 19, 2024

Our First Amendment Rights Don’t Disappear at the Schoolhouse Gates

Free Speech
In the final installment of our free speech comic series, we consider how K-12 students , as well as adults enrolled in higher education, can exercise their First Amendment rights in school.
In the final installment of our free speech comic series, we consider how K-12 students , as well as adults enrolled in higher education, can exercise their First Amendment rights in school.
A comic graphic that says Know Your Rights.
A comic graphic that says Know Your Rights.
Jul 19, 2024

Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty

Criminal Justice
Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.
Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.
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A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to the criminal legal system.
Jul 12, 2024

Pop Quiz: How Much Do You know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?

Free Speech
America’s past is filled with examples where Presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
America’s past is filled with examples where Presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
A checkered graphic featuring different images pertaining to the president, the Supreme Court, and royalty.
A checkered graphic featuring different images pertaining to the president, the Supreme Court, and royalty.