Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
Category: Politics
How Technologies Move From Empowering to Imprisoning
Transportation expert’s warning on self-driving cars captures the way technologies move from empowering options to disempowering requirements
$100 Million ICE “Intelligence” Program is a Domestic Secret Police Agency in the Making
Administration that has ordered agencies to target activists and nonprofits would hire “intelligence” agents within ICE to identify “threats” and investigate “relationships”
New ACLU Documentary Reveals Stories of Families at Idaho Immigration Raid
“Wilder Raids,” the ACLU’s latest short documentary features the harrowing stories of families caught in a violent immigration raid at a horse race in Wilder
Family Separation Causes Real and Lasting Harm for Children and Parents
The ACLU is standing up for families torn apart by the government, especially those with the least resources to challenge in court.
Are Police in Your Community Laundering License Plate Data Through Federal Drug Programs Into a Secretive Central Database?
New report suggests this is a question local communities fighting against mass surveillance should be asking their elected officials
A Congressman Questioned Reports of Deadly Conditions at an ICE Detention Center. Then Two More People Died.
Nearly 60 people have died in detention, as calls against medical neglect, inedible food, and unsanitary conditions continue. Congress must establish standards of care and
Indigenous Peoples Day: What We Inherit, What We Reclaim, and What We Choose to Pass On
On Indigenous Peoples Day, one Blackfeet woman shares the crucial need for Indigenous education for her daughter — and her classmates.
Indigenous People’s Day: What We Inherit, What We Reclaim, and What We Choose to Pass On
On Indigenous People’s Day, one Blackfeet woman shares the crucial need for Indigenous education for her daughter — and her classmates.
What ‘Let the Record Show’ Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In “Let the Record Show,” the ACLU’s newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional.
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.
ACLU breaks down findings from our latest report on how mass deportations are breaking our democracy.
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
NIH Censors Crucial Research on Alzheimer’s, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating
Trump’s Deportation Agenda Is Making the Affordability Crisis Worse
A new report from the ACLU and AFL-CIO outlines how mass deportations are damaging the economy. A broader path to citizenship would create jobs and