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As part of their efforts to gut Head Start, the Trump administration is now attempting to erase entire communities and prevent families from accessing the program's wide range of benefits.
We're fighting back in court.
We're fighting back in court.
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
As part of their efforts to gut Head Start, the Trump administration is now attempting to erase entire communities and prevent families from accessing the program's wide range of benefits.
We're fighting back in court.
We're fighting back in court.
Shop our Gift Guide and more at aclu.org/giftguide_ today, December 15, to make sure you get them by December 23. 🎁
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Shop our Gift Guide and more at aclu.org/giftguide_ today, December 15, to make sure you get them by December 23. 🎁
For Chase Strangio, co-director of our LGBTQ & HIV Project, coming out as trans was a liberating experience.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For Chase Strangio, co-director of our LGBTQ & HIV Project, coming out as trans was a liberating experience.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
We’re fighting for a world where all trans people can thrive without political interference.
“No they never gonna keep us all down.”
In Heavy Foot, Mon Rovîa speaks to the cruel hypocrisy of our government and the resilience we have in our communities. We were honored to have his voice and profound lyricism to support the ACLU at the Creatives for Freedom concert.
In Heavy Foot, Mon Rovîa speaks to the cruel hypocrisy of our government and the resilience we have in our communities. We were honored to have his voice and profound lyricism to support the ACLU at the Creatives for Freedom concert.
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“No they never gonna keep us all down.”
In Heavy Foot, Mon Rovîa speaks to the cruel hypocrisy of our government and the resilience we have in our communities. We were honored to have his voice and profound lyricism to support the ACLU at the Creatives for Freedom concert.
In Heavy Foot, Mon Rovîa speaks to the cruel hypocrisy of our government and the resilience we have in our communities. We were honored to have his voice and profound lyricism to support the ACLU at the Creatives for Freedom concert.
On the first episode of our new YouTube series Making Sense, privacy expert Chad Marlow discusses Ring cameras, Elf on the Shelf, and why we should avoid gifts that normalize surveillance this holiday season.
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On the first episode of our new YouTube series Making Sense, privacy expert Chad Marlow discusses Ring cameras, Elf on the Shelf, and why we should avoid gifts that normalize surveillance this holiday season.
Sheryl Crow is no stranger to using her voice as an artist to speak out on causes she believes in.
Thank you to Sheryl for headlining the Creatives for Freedom concert benefitting the ACLU and for exercising your free speech rights to fight for our communities.
Thank you to Sheryl for headlining the Creatives for Freedom concert benefitting the ACLU and for exercising your free speech rights to fight for our communities.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sheryl Crow is no stranger to using her voice as an artist to speak out on causes she believes in.
Thank you to Sheryl for headlining the Creatives for Freedom concert benefitting the ACLU and for exercising your free speech rights to fight for our communities.
Thank you to Sheryl for headlining the Creatives for Freedom concert benefitting the ACLU and for exercising your free speech rights to fight for our communities.
The Trump administration’s unconstitutional attacks on birthright citizenship have fueled months of fear and uncertainty for families like Thomas’.
No parent should have to worry about their children losing their rights as Americans.
No parent should have to worry about their children losing their rights as Americans.
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Trump administration’s unconstitutional attacks on birthright citizenship have fueled months of fear and uncertainty for families like Thomas’.
No parent should have to worry about their children losing their rights as Americans.
No parent should have to worry about their children losing their rights as Americans.
Politicians have been relentlessly dehumanizing and vilifying trans people while devastating our freedoms and our communities.
We all deserve the freedom to be ourselves — every one of us.
We all deserve the freedom to be ourselves — every one of us.
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Politicians have been relentlessly dehumanizing and vilifying trans people while devastating our freedoms and our communities.
We all deserve the freedom to be ourselves — every one of us.
We all deserve the freedom to be ourselves — every one of us.
We're challenging South Carolina laws that violate the Voting Rights Act by making it more difficult for voters with disabilities to receive necessary assistance.
South Carolina, see you in court.
South Carolina, see you in court.
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We're challenging South Carolina laws that violate the Voting Rights Act by making it more difficult for voters with disabilities to receive necessary assistance.
South Carolina, see you in court.
South Carolina, see you in court.
Prosecutors have a constitutional and ethical obligation to turn over evidence that would support a person’s claim of innocence to their attorney.
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Prosecutors have a constitutional and ethical obligation to turn over evidence that would support a person’s claim of innocence to their attorney.
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
In every corner of the country, community leaders like Reverend Dr. Beth Brown are meeting the moment and protecting their immigrant neighbors and loved ones from aggressive immigration enforcement.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In every corner of the country, community leaders like Reverend Dr. Beth Brown are meeting the moment and protecting their immigrant neighbors and loved ones from aggressive immigration enforcement.
The constitutional right to birthright citizenship is core to who we are as a country.
We refuse to let President Trump do away with that right.
We refuse to let President Trump do away with that right.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The constitutional right to birthright citizenship is core to who we are as a country.
We refuse to let President Trump do away with that right.
We refuse to let President Trump do away with that right.
The 14th Amendment doesn’t mince words — birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The 14th Amendment doesn’t mince words — birthright citizenship is a constitutionally protected right.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
We’re fighting at the Supreme Court against President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
ICE is building new detention centers across the country, with very little oversight, endangering thousands of people in immigrant detention.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ICE is building new detention centers across the country, with very little oversight, endangering thousands of people in immigrant detention.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
As schools buy invasive surveillance tech and increasingly incorporate AI into the classroom, we're calling on Congress to update privacy laws in order to protect students online and off.
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As schools buy invasive surveillance tech and increasingly incorporate AI into the classroom, we're calling on Congress to update privacy laws in order to protect students online and off.
We've filed more than 100 lawsuits against President Trump’s unconstitutional actions — but we can’t do this without you.
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We've filed more than 100 lawsuits against President Trump’s unconstitutional actions — but we can’t do this without you.
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
For more than 105 years and through 19 different presidential administrations, our mission has remained unchanged: defend, protect, and expand civil rights and liberties for all people nationwide.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For more than 105 years and through 19 different presidential administrations, our mission has remained unchanged: defend, protect, and expand civil rights and liberties for all people nationwide.
Since the Trump administration began, we’ve taken over 200 legal actions to protect our most fundamental civil rights and civil liberties – from freedom of speech to immigrants’ rights and so much more.
Make an early Giving Tuesday gift to help us defend our democracy: aclu.org/giving-tuesday-2025-
Make an early Giving Tuesday gift to help us defend our democracy: aclu.org/giving-tuesday-2025-
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Since the Trump administration began, we’ve taken over 200 legal actions to protect our most fundamental civil rights and civil liberties – from freedom of speech to immigrants’ rights and so much more.
Make an early Giving Tuesday gift to help us defend our democracy: aclu.org/giving-tuesday-2025-
Make an early Giving Tuesday gift to help us defend our democracy: aclu.org/giving-tuesday-2025-
Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation was part of American Indian Movement actions demanding the U.S. government abide by its treaties with Indigenous people, including the occupations of Alcatraz and Wounded Knee.
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Lenny Foster of the Diné Nation was part of American Indian Movement actions demanding the U.S. government abide by its treaties with Indigenous people, including the occupations of Alcatraz and Wounded Knee.
Every kid deserves the chance to play without being dehumanized. We'll be at the Supreme Court in defense of trans kids like Becky.
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every kid deserves the chance to play without being dehumanized. We'll be at the Supreme Court in defense of trans kids like Becky.