News & Commentary
Across the Country Harsh Sentencing Laws are Tearing Apart Families and Communities
How one single mother lost everything, including her son because of Michigan’s outdated tough on crime sentencing laws.
A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy.
10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019
The ACLU is committed to ensuring that love will always win and everyone can live authentically with dignity, respect, and justice.
A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.
For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.
We’re Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can’t Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers
The Trump administration is doing everything it can to eliminate due process for people fleeing persecution.
A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet
Everyone deserves to be able to use the Internet without being subject to mass surveillance.
Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination —We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point
Our discussion of the tampon tax must include every person who menstruates.
In the Midst of Trump’s Attacks, Offshoots of Progress in Congress for Immigrants’ Rights
Even in today’s challenging political climate, we are seeing our immigrants’ rights movement grow and gain momentum.
2019 was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement
The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. These are the achievements and developments the ACLU is most excited about, as well as what we're watching in the year to come.
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