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Starting in 2016, the ACLU filed more than 400 legal actions against Trump and his administration. As Trump returns to the White House, we’re ready to return to the courts and Congress to fight for our civil liberties.

During the first Donald Trump administration, the ACLU fought his unlawful policies more than 400 times. We’re even more prepared now.

There is a history of Black women in America bearing the brunt of state-sanctioned control and commodification of their bodies.

Florida’s near-total abortion ban is not an isolated policy—it is a strategic move in a broader, coordinated assault on women’s rights, with the heaviest burdens falling on Black and Brown communities.

Throughout his tenure, this governor has used the power of his office to subjugate and control the lives of Black people in Florida. But slavery is over, and we’re not asking for our freedom anymore. We’re taking it.

The ACLU examines the down-ballot races, ballot initiatives and state supreme court races impact on the future of abortion access in key states.

The ACLU’s latest report outlines how interior immigration checkpoints and anti-immigrant state policing trap noncitizens trying to leave Texas for abortion care.

The ACLU is fighting back against this extremist proposal by the Heritage Foundation.

We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.