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Help Wanted: Oklahoma’s Immigration Crisis and the Urgent Need For Habeas Counsel

Oklahoma has a growing immigration enforcement crisis.

By Travis Handler

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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.

The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.

The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.

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Jul 07, 2025

Takeaways from the Supreme Court's Term

This term was marked by sharp right turns in major civil rights cases, a mixed record on lower-profile cases, and mixed outcomes in an ascendant emergency docket

A half-lowered US flag waves in front of the US Supreme Court.
Jul 02, 2025

As AI Gains Power, We Must Push for Guardrails to Protect Civil Liberties

As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights and serves justice for all.

The camera focuses on a sign held by a demonstrator that reads, "REGULATE AI KEEP THE FUTURE HUMAN."
Jun 27, 2025

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day

The ACLU has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today.

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Jun 26, 2025

The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action

The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities.

At a trans rally, person (wearing a denim vest and with their back to the camera) displays the sign stitched to the vest that reads "WE WILL PROTECT TRANS KIDS."
Jun 17, 2025

Jose Antonio Vargas on What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform

Vargas shares with the ACLU the common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he’s encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America.

A smiling Jose Antonio Vargas and two equally joyful female family members stand to the right of a large sign that reads "JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS
Jun 13, 2025

Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families

The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families

Teacher and pre-K students using wooden shapes.
Jun 09, 2025

What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights

Anti-trans laws aren’t just about bathrooms or sports, they’re about systematically pushing trans individuals out of public life.

The Trans and LGBTQ+ flags waving in the wind in front of the Supreme Court Building in DC.
Jun 06, 2025

13 “Woke” Books Banned in DOD Schools

The Department of Defense has banned more than 500 titles from its military schools, alleging the books promote “woke” ideologies about race, gender, sex and sexuality.

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Jun 06, 2025

The Trump Administration is Banning Books on Military Bases. We Sued.

Censorship in Defense Department K-12 schools violates the First Amendment.

A mother in a military uniform reading to her daughter.