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Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained Aug. 18, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Deep in the Florida Everglades, a new immigration detention facility has appeared almost overnight. ... Read More
Fort Dix To Hold Thousands as Trump Militarizes Detention System Aug. 04, 2025
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As announced in a letter from the Department of Defense, the Trump administration plans to use Fort ... Read More
The Trump Administration Is Banning Books on Military Bases. We Sued. Jul. 14, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On military bases across the globe, books are disappearing from shelves. Posters of historical figur... Read More
What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights Jul. 08, 2025
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On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage was un... Read More
Slouching Toward Fascism, Trump 2.0 Has Stopped Making Sense Jul. 08, 2025
SAN DIEGO — What does political analysis sound like when it comes from Generation X? For one t... Read More
Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More
What Is Habeas Corpus? Why Does It Matter? Jun. 30, 2025
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The Trump administration floated an idea in recent weeks: suspending habeas corpus. Why? Because ove... Read More
The Coming Police State Jun. 26, 2025
We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government w... Read More
Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families Jun. 23, 2025
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The Trump administration has followed through on its promise to gut the Head Start program. Since Ap... Read More
The Supreme Court Cases To Watch Jun. 02, 2025
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The Supreme Court's docket this term includes many of the complex issues American society is current... Read More
Your Questions Answered: Trump's First 100 Days May. 05, 2025
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In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a whirlwind of executive o... Read More
Writing an Op-Ed Is Not Grounds for Deportation Apr. 28, 2025
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Since January, the Trump administration has abducted several international students and faculty and ... Read More
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All Apr. 22, 2025
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There's growing concern that President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act to bring Natio... Read More
The Human Toll of Trump's Anti-Trans Crusade Apr. 07, 2025
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After President Donald Trump issued an executive order restricting access to gender-affirming medica... Read More
The Rosa Parks of Our Times -- Young Female Fencer Courageously Refuses to Fence a Man. Here's What President Trump Should Do Next! Apr. 06, 2025
Remember Rosa Parks? She took a stand to bring attention to racism and discrimination against black ... Read More
Police Can Lie to a Suspect to Get a Confession Apr. 01, 2025
In 1969, Martin Frazier and an accomplice were convicted in Oregon of second-degree murder. During a... Read More
Five State and Local Entities Safeguarding Our Civil Rights Apr. 01, 2025
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State and local officials play direct and crucial roles in shaping and safeguarding our civil rights... Read More
What's Just as Important as Free Speech? A Few Things, Actually. Apr. 01, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I occasionally find myself speaking to Latino immigrants, legal and otherwise. I ... Read More
Invoking the Alien Enemies Act Is About More Than Deportations Mar. 25, 2025
The Alien Enemies Act was enacted in 1798 to combat spying and sabotage during tensions with France.... Read More
Where Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Stands on Civil Liberties Mar. 10, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
President Donald Trump has nominated Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney, media personality and Republican ... Read More
