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A Routine Immigration Check-In Shouldn’t End in ICE Detention

“S” should have been preparing to begin his senior year of high school. Instead, the 18-year-old spent part of his summer in an immigration detention center in Georgia.

The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes

Opponents of trans rights have moved from attacking trans students in restrooms to attackingtrans students in sports.
Protestors with signs advocating for the rights of trans youth.

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The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes

Opponents of trans rights have moved from attacking trans students in restrooms to attackingtrans students in sports.

Protestors with signs advocating for the rights of trans youth.

Civil Rights Organizations Announce Settlement Agreement Securing at least 3,500 Early Releases from State Prisons in COVID-19 Lawsuit

NAACP v Cooper Settlement

ACLU of NC Statement Opposing Legislation Limiting Cuts to Local Police Funding

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ACLU of NC and Coalition Organizations Condemn Anti-immigrant Bill

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N.C. Groups Launch Campaign to Remove Confederate Monuments

Removing Henry Wyatt Lawson

How to Build Systemic Equality After Trump

“Asking America to deal with its history of white supremacy, and to recognize how deeply that is engrained in our founding documents and in our behaviors is an act of love.”

Insurrectionists amassing on the steps, walls, balconies, and grounds of the Capitol Building.

To End Systemic Racism, Ensure Systemic Equality

It’s not enough to take racist policies off the books. We must pursue systemic equality.

Girls in protest raising fists on pink background

The Streets Belong to the People — Always Have, Always Will

Public streets and roads are as deeply intertwined with our First Amendment rights as the idea of protest itself.

Illustration of young people at a protest

What It’s Like to Face a Deadly Pandemic Behind Bars

Four formerly incarcerated people share their stories about what it’s like to be incarcerated during the pandemic, while friends and family members are left helpless on the outside.

Hendrey Boykins in Phoenix, Arizona.