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An ACLU investigation illustrates how law enforcement failed to protect protesters and amplified tensions on August 25, 2020.

Over the years, this sentencing disparity has become emblematic of both the ineffectiveness of reactionary criminal justice policy and the racial disparities existing in our criminal justice system.

Bassinets and snacks don't make the detention of pregnant, postpartum, nursing people, and their newborns any less inhumane.

2021 saw a record number of attacks on LGBTQ rights in state legislatures — most aimed at trans youth. We’re fighting back in courts and communities around the nation.

After four years of attacks on human rights under the Trump administration, we need bold action from the Biden administration to advance human rights at home and abroad.

Measuring progress solely by the outcome of trials risks both ignoring the importance of greater systemic change and compromising fairness in the criminal legal system.

Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.

It is critical that the courts maintain robust First Amendment protections for people to record, share, and stream police interactions. Our ability to speak about police abuses depends on it.

A student and two teachers in Oklahoma share how a new censorship bill has curtailed important discussions about race and gender in the classroom.