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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.

Six Ways You Can Join the Fight for Abortion Rights

This is a perilous moment for our rights, but there are still ways to take action to support and protect abortion rights
Protesters at an abortion rights rally in Washington DC.

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Six Ways You Can Join the Fight for Abortion Rights

This is a perilous moment for our rights, but there are still ways to take action to support and protect abortion rights

Protesters at an abortion rights rally in Washington DC.

Los Votantes Democratas Del Condado De Wake Quieren Apoyar Al Candidato a Sheriff Que Se Comprometa a Politicas De Reforma y a No Separar a Las Familias Inmigrantes

Una nueva encuesta de Public Policy Polling encuentra que los votantes que probablemente voten en las primarias demócratas en el condado de Wake, Carolina del Norte, muestran un fuerte apoyo a un candidato a sheriff que prometa implementar políticas de reforma claves.

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Wake County Democratic Voters Want to Support Sheriff Candidate Who Commits to Reform Policies, Won’t Break Apart Immigrant Families

A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that likely Democratic primary voters in Wake County, North Carolina show strong support for a Sheriff candidate who promises to implement key reform policies.

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Llegamos en Busca de Asilo, Pero Lo Que Encontramos Fue Peligro

Un cliente de la ACLU cuenta su historia.

Migrants in line to seek asylum in Matamoros, Mexico.

Texas Wants to Take Trans Kids From Their Supportive Parents. The ACLU is Suing.

Families in Texas are worried that supporting their transgender kids will lead to a report of child abuse. We are already seeing families being investigated. Gender-affirming care is medically necessary, saves lives, and shouldn’t be the subject of an investigation.

Medical professionals protest Texas legislation that would ban the gender-affirming medical care.

The Fight for Voting Rights: How the Past Informs the Current Discriminatory Landscape

For decades, Black voters fought for equal access to the ballot. Today, that access is still under attack.

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The ACLU's Vision to Achieve True Public Safety

We can increase equality, justice, and safety without resorting to criminalization and surveillance.

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Your Guide to Talking About Attacks on Trans Youth

Misinformation is fueling an attack on trans youth in state legislatures. These attacks overwhelmingly focus on youth and schools, and they will only make it harder for kids to grow up at all and make it harder to access the support, education, and community that all young people deserve.

A photo featuring activist, drag queen and tv personality Peppermint with the title Tough Conversations With Peppermint.

The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in the territories are “alien races” composing “savage tribes”?

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