News & Commentary

Research shows extensive benefits from syringe exchange and other harm reduction programs. But misguided efforts to ban common sense care continue.

The president-elect has said he intends to end birthright citizenship. We break down why that’s clearly unconstitutional.

On International Human Rights Day, the ACLU is advocating for a long-sought after reparatory justice to end the continued abuses against Black and brown communities.

AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones.

State Supreme Courts interpret laws that impact some of the most intimate parts of our lives. Communities have a right to know what’s on the docket.

Navin Kariyawasam, a trans physician, explains why trans adolescents must have the autonomy and power to make decisions about their bodies without political interference and with the support of family and their health care providers.

New litigation centered on increasing access to substance-use disorder treatment in jails and prisons is helping to reduce mortality rates among incarcerated individuals.

In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can combat President-elect Trump’s plans to execute the largest mass deportation plan in U.S. history.

As the trans community remembers those we’ve lost, I find strength in understanding why the grievous injustices that continue to harm our community must be stopped.