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Two signs are held up during the May Day March In Manhattan, New York on May 1, 2025. The largest of the signs is in the foreground and reads"We Are a Nation of Immigrants," while the smaller in the background reads, " WE ARE ALL (EXCEPT NATIVE...

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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Stay informed on civil rights issues. Discover our latest actions and updates in the Press Release section.

Nov 15, 2022

Three Key Criminal Legal Reform Takeaways from the 2022 Midterms

Despite tough-on-crime rhetoric, voters drove significant progress in prison labor reform, drug policy, and prosecutorial reform.

Four people, with their faces and bodies hidden behind voting privacy shields, are casting their votes for the midterm elections on Election Day November 08, 2081 in a New York City public school.
Nov 11, 2022

Our Veterans Need Support, Not Incarceration

Investing in community-based treatment instead of locking people up for the psychological wounds of war would honor veterans.

Shawn Jensen (third row from bottom, ninth from left) pictured with the First Recon team in early 1968.
Nov 07, 2022

For People with Disabilities on Parole and Probation, Accessible Communication is Essential

Our clients were repeatedly denied sign language interpretation necessary to understand the conditions of their release. They paid the price with their freedom.

An American Sign Language interpreter interpreting at an anti-racism rally and march.
Nov 04, 2022

Extreme Politicians Want to Ban Abortion. We Can Stop Them.

We’re fighting abortion bans in the courts. We need your help at the ballot box.

A woman holding a sign reading "Roe, Roe, Roe, Your vote next Rovember / LET PEOPLE VOTE ACLU" poses for the camera as fellow activists walk behind her.
Oct 31, 2022

What You Need to Know about Affirmative Action at the Supreme Court

Two cases before the high court will determine whether race conscious admissions policies can be used by universities.

The Supreme Court Building
Oct 28, 2022

Gender-Affirming Care Gave My Daughter a Future. Lawmakers Want to Take it Away.

Lacey Jennen and her family are one of several who are fighting an anti-trans Arkansas law via Brandt v. Rutledge.

The Jennen family.
Oct 26, 2022

Voting With a Disability: Breaking Down Barriers to the Ballot

With accessible voting under attack, we’re bringing people with disabilities the information they need to vote.

A polling station sign and disabled access sign.
Oct 21, 2022

Brandt v. Rutledge: What to Know About the Arkansas Trial on Gender-Affirming Care

"Being pushed out of the place I've live my entire life is hard," our client Dylan Brandt bravely testified in Little Rock this week.

Dylan Brandt and his mother Joanna.
Oct 20, 2022

It’s Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott

The Supreme Court must affirm that politically-motivated consumer boycotts are protected by the Constitution.

Protestors being led by a man playing a guitar, followed by women holding signs saying" THE RIGHT TO BOYCOTT", and "BOYCOTT UNTIL THE SIEGE ON GAZA ENDS".