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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Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Classroom Censorship?

Test your knowledge about the country’s current wave of book bans and classroom censorship measures.

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New Report Illustrates How Right to Counsel Prevents Evictions and their Discriminatory Impacts on Communities

An ACLU and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel investigation confirms legal representation for renters facing eviction is a critically important intervention to keep people in their homes and prevent the long-term harms of eviction.

Protesters marching and holding a sign reading Housing Is A Human Right.

Ask an Expert: Free Speech

Our audience asked us hundreds of questions about free speech, and we answered.

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The Roe Draft Signals a Potential New Front in the Already-Raging War Against the LGBTQ Community

This isn’t a “they’re coming for us next” moment. They’ve already come for us, and the fight of our lives is here.

Demonstrators with pro-abortion-and-LGBTQ signage.

45 Years of Defending Liberty

Stephen Pevar's long career at the ACLU came to a close last month. We looked back at some of groundbreaking work.

Stephen Pevar discussing unjust illegal actions taken against Native American families by the state of South Dakota at a press conference.

What to Know About the Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Draft Opinion, and What’s Next

Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, breaks down what you should keep in mind in the wake of the leaked draft.

A person at a rally holding a sign that says “Abortion is Healthcare.”

We won’t stop fighting against attacks on abortion access

No one deserves to be denied essential health care and forced to carry a pregnancy against their will.

By Tamya Cox-Touré

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ICE Program Foments Abuse, Hatred, and Fear — and Makes Us All Less Safe

A new ACLU report on the 287(g) program’s harmful partnerships with local sheriffs reveals racist abuses and no accountability.

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Trump’s Remain in Mexico Policy is at the Supreme Court. Here’s What's at Stake.

The Biden administration should be empowered to reject Trump-era policies and adopt those it believes are in the public interest.

A migrant leans on a fence of the Gateway International Bridge that connects downtown Matamoros, Mexico with Brownsville, Texas.