66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

America, It's Time to Talk About Reparations

If reparations are the right path for America, how do we get there? Join the ACLU for a tough but necessary conversation about racial justice.
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America, It's Time to Talk About Reparations

If reparations are the right path for America, how do we get there? Join the ACLU for a tough but necessary conversation about racial justice.

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How to Help Families at the Border Right Now

The images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, who lost their lives trying to seek refuge in the U.S., have left us haunted. They serve as an important reminder of the urgency of the fight for immigrant justice and the need to stand up to the Trump administration's policies.

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Should N.C. Courts Have Power to Review Police Abuse Done on Behalf of ICE? The N.C. Supreme Court Will Decide.

Last year, ICE sent upwards of 4,500 requests to local law enforcement in North Carolina, asking them to hold people in jail when state law would otherwise mandate their release. For the people targeted by these requests, there are few options.

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It’s Time to End the Anti-Immigrant 287(g) Program Everywhere in North Carolina

In 2008, Yolanda Zavala’s 18-year-old son was ticketed by a police officer for driving without a license. What should’ve been a minor citation turned into his deportation.

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Six Black Trans Women Have Been Killed this Month. Here's Why Pride is Still a Form of Protest.

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Durham District Attorney Makes Moves to Reduce Reliance on Unjust Cash Bail System

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An Outright Reversal of Roe V. Wade Isn’t All We Should Fear

Across the country, people are talking about abortion as legislatures in the South and Midwest mount a full-scale attack on our reproductive freedom. Naturally, people are stressed and angry. I am too. I’ve been fighting to protect abortion access for more than 25 years.

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They Fought For their Right to Wear Pants - And They Won.

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Supreme Court Takes Cases of People Fired for Being LGBTQ

Can a business fire someone because they’re LGBTQ? The Supreme Court will soon tell us.

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