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The Long History of Discrimination in Job Hiring Assessments Jun. 03, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Applying for jobs can be a difficult and frustrating experience: You're putting forward your qualifi... Read More

5 Things To Know About the Supreme Court Case Threatening Doctors Providing Emergency Abortion Care May. 27, 2024

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The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States... Read More

States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws To Target Pro-Palestine Protesters May. 20, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Arcane laws banning people from wearing masks in public are now being used to target people who wear... Read More

The Painful Reality of Being an Incarcerated Mother May. 13, 2024

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Many of us celebrated Mother's Day over the weekend by remembering or being present with women who r... Read More

In Kansas, the ACLU Is Challenging Anti-Trans Laws in Court and by Building Community May. 07, 2024

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In 2023, Kansas enacted a law attempting to define "transgender" out of existence by restricting the... Read More

How Is One of America's Biggest Spy Agencies Using AI? The ACLU Is Suing To Find Out. Apr. 30, 2024

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AI is nearly impossible for us to escape these days. Social media companies, schools, workplaces and... Read More

The Government Denies People Access to Asylum Because of Language Barriers Apr. 22, 2024

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Every year, thousands of asylum seekers from diverse corners of the world seek refuge in the United ... Read More

The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing To Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions Apr. 15, 2024

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The CIA is so known for its unabashed secrecy that, when it joined Twitter in 2014, its first tweet ... Read More

Supreme Court Signals That Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs To Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling Apr. 08, 2024

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Since the Supreme Court struck down longstanding affirmative action admissions policies this past su... Read More

Breaking the Mold: Gender Discrimination in the Airline Industry Apr. 01, 2024

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As a child in New Jersey, I grew up hearing stories of my mother's flight attendant days in South Ko... Read More

Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them To Be Independently Evaluated Mar. 25, 2024

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American communities are being confronted by a lot of new police technology these days, a lot of whi... Read More

Why Allowing Chaplains in Public Schools Harms Students Mar. 18, 2024

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A 2023 Texas law allowing public schools to hire chaplains, or accept them as volunteers, to provide... Read More

Despair and Resignation Are Not a Strategy: How To Fight Back in a Second Trump Term Mar. 11, 2024

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Many polls suggest if the presidential election were held today, Donald Trump could return to the Wh... Read More

President Biden's Order To Ban Private Prisons Faces a Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service Mar. 04, 2024

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At the onset of President Joe Biden's term, in January 2021, he issued an executive order to phase o... Read More

More than 20 Million People Are About To Lose Internet Access Feb. 26, 2024

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For people across the country, reliable internet access allows them to engage with the world. Think ... Read More

Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech Feb. 19, 2024

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First, Donald Trump and right-wing extremists attacked government trainings on racism and sexism. Th... Read More

Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers Feb. 12, 2024

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The Senate voted against a bill that would have been the first major overhaul of asylum and immigrat... Read More

Celebrating an Important Victory in the Ongoing Fight Against Reverse Warrants Feb. 05, 2024

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For years, the ACLU and other privacy advocates have been challenging law enforcement's growing use ... Read More

The Importance of Defending the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Palestinian Students in Florida Jan. 29, 2024

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Like everyone else, college students have a First Amendment right to express their political opinion... Read More

Unaccountable Police Units Are Wrong for Safety Jan. 22, 2024

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Last week, the National Policing Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Justice office of ... Read More