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Aug 29, 2024

Project 2025 Offers Dystopian View of America

The ACLU is fighting back against this extremist proposal by the Heritage Foundation.
The ACLU is fighting back against this extremist proposal by the Heritage Foundation.
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.
Aug 28, 2024

Why Kamala Harris Must Break the Cycle of Unlawful and Abusive Government Surveillance

The ACLU is calling on a Harris-Walz Administration to halt civil liberties harms caused by the government’s spying on and discriminating against Americans in the U.S. and abroad.
The ACLU is calling on a Harris-Walz Administration to halt civil liberties harms caused by the government’s spying on and discriminating against Americans in the U.S. and abroad.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to surveillance.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to surveillance.
Aug 20, 2024

How a Harris Administration Could Chart a New Course for Immigration Reform

The ACLU urges a potential Harris-Walz administration to deliver on its campaign promise to create a clear pathway to citizenship for longtime residents while also moving to end harmful detention policies and...
The ACLU urges a potential Harris-Walz administration to deliver on its campaign promise to create a clear pathway to citizenship for longtime residents while also moving to end harmful detention policies and...
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to immigration.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to immigration.
Aug 16, 2024

How Kamala Harris Can Be a Pro-Voting Rights President

Voting Rights
The vice president’s record on increasing voter access for marginalized communities and pushing back against discriminatory voting laws indicates her commitment to expanding voting access to strengthen...
The vice president’s record on increasing voter access for marginalized communities and pushing back against discriminatory voting laws indicates her commitment to expanding voting access to strengthen...
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to voting rights.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to voting rights.
Aug 13, 2024

Why a Harris Presidency Promises Hope for LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ+ Rights
The Biden-Harris administration’s record of improving protections for LGBTQ people suggests that Kamala Harris would be a champion for the community if elected.
The Biden-Harris administration’s record of improving protections for LGBTQ people suggests that Kamala Harris would be a champion for the community if elected.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to LGBTQ rights.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to LGBTQ rights.
Aug 6, 2024

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

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