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Oct 10, 2024

State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System

Privacy & Technology

Around the country, state legislatures are embracing the creation of a nightmarish new electronic national identification system that has the potential to track everybody — online and off. This system is...

Around the country, state legislatures are embracing the creation of a nightmarish new electronic national identification system that has the potential to track everybody — online and off. This system is...

A hand (within a car) holding a cellphone displaying a digital drivers license.
A hand (within a car) holding a cellphone displaying a digital drivers license.
Oct 7, 2024

Three Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate

Immigrants' Rights
Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.
Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.
Anti-demonization of immigrants demonstrators hold signs that reads 'NO ONE CHOOSES TO BE A REFUGEE' 'STOP DEMONIZING HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS' 'ACCUSING IMMIGRANTS OF EATING PETS IS AN OLD RACIST LIE.
Anti-demonization of immigrants demonstrators hold signs that reads 'NO ONE CHOOSES TO BE A REFUGEE' 'STOP DEMONIZING HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS' 'ACCUSING IMMIGRANTS OF EATING PETS IS AN OLD RACIST LIE.
Sep 25, 2024

Let Utah Read: Our ongoing fight against classroom censorship and book banning in Utah

First Amendment

We are building power with librarians and teachers because they are trained and best equipped to determine the materials that allow children and teens to read and learn about various people, places, and...

By Aaron Welcher

We are building power with librarians and teachers because they are trained and best equipped to determine the materials that allow children and teens to read and learn about various people, places, and...

By Aaron Welcher
LUR Book
LUR Book
Sep 9, 2024

Project 2025 Offers Dystopian View of America

Participatory Democracy

Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives.

Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives.

A graphic featuring a crowd of people demonstrating and the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
A graphic featuring a crowd of people demonstrating and the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Sep 5, 2024

The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.

LGBTQ+ Equality
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
A shirtless demonstrator (wearing glasses and a black surgical mask) holds up a sign that reads" GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTHCARE".
A shirtless demonstrator (wearing glasses and a black surgical mask) holds up a sign that reads" GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTHCARE".
Aug 6, 2024

High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win

First Amendment

ACLU spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.

ACLU spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.

A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.
A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.