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May 28, 2025

Honor George Floyd's Memory By Working Towards Police Accountability

Police Practices

On Saturday, May 24, 2025, racial justice organization Brown Hope led a rally in Portland called “We Are The Bridge: Rise for Racial Justice.”

On Saturday, May 24, 2025, racial justice organization Brown Hope led a rally in Portland called “We Are The Bridge: Rise for Racial Justice.”

Group of marchers at “We Are The Bridge: Rise for Racial Justice.”
Group of marchers at “We Are The Bridge: Rise for Racial Justice.”
May 28, 2025

The Supreme Court Cases to Watch

This term, the court will issue decisions impacting immigration, free speech, religious liberty, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.
This term, the court will issue decisions impacting immigration, free speech, religious liberty, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.
An exterior shot of the Supreme Court of the United States building.
An exterior shot of the Supreme Court of the United States building.
May 28, 2025

What Is Due Process?

The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.
The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.
A protest with individuals holding signs in favor of due process.
A protest with individuals holding signs in favor of due process.
May 26, 2025

A Quiet Threat to Veterans’ Civil Rights

Harmful interpretations of the Veterans Judicial Review Act risk blocking veterans’ access to federal district courts. 
Harmful interpretations of the Veterans Judicial Review Act risk blocking veterans’ access to federal district courts. 
Participants in a Wilmington veterans day parade.
Participants in a Wilmington veterans day parade.
May 25, 2025

Five Years After George Floyd, the Fight for Police Accountability Isn't Over

Racial Justice
As Donald Trump tries to limit efforts to combat police brutality, the ACLU’s Seven States Safety Campaign shows how communities are stepping up to demand justice.
As Donald Trump tries to limit efforts to combat police brutality, the ACLU’s Seven States Safety Campaign shows how communities are stepping up to demand justice.
A mural with the image of George Floyd ihas flowers and signs protesting his murder lay beneath it five years later.
A mural with the image of George Floyd ihas flowers and signs protesting his murder lay beneath it five years later.
May 23, 2025

For Undocumented Immigrants, Being ‘Good’ Is Not Good Enough

Immigrants' Rights
How fear, partisanship and discrimination are impacting one couple’s fight for immigration justice.
How fear, partisanship and discrimination are impacting one couple’s fight for immigration justice.
An animation of a married couple holding hands.
An animation of a married couple holding hands.