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Aug 5, 2024

How Kamala Harris Can Secure Federal Abortion Protection Once and For All

Reproductive Justice
The ACLU lays out our roadmap for protecting abortion access and advocating for improved reproductive health care protections under a potential Harris presidency.
The ACLU lays out our roadmap for protecting abortion access and advocating for improved reproductive health care protections under a potential Harris presidency.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to reproductive rights.
A graphic featuring Harris and imagery pertaining to reproductive rights.
Jul 21, 2024

Our First Amendment Rights Don’t Disappear at the Schoolhouse Gates

Youth & Student Rights
In the final installment of our free speech comic series, we consider how K-12 students , as well as adults enrolled in higher education, can exercise their First Amendment rights in school.
In the final installment of our free speech comic series, we consider how K-12 students , as well as adults enrolled in higher education, can exercise their First Amendment rights in school.
A comic graphic that says Know Your Rights.
A comic graphic that says Know Your Rights.
Jul 19, 2024

Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty

Criminal Justice
Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.
Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.
A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to the criminal legal system.
A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to the criminal legal system.
Jul 18, 2024

Taking a Stand Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination at Grifols Plasma Donation Center

LGBTQ+ Rights

John Cavanaugh went to the Grifols Talecris Plasma Donation Center in Eugene to donate plasma in January 2024. As an openly gay man, he answered “yes” on the initial questionnaire that asked whether he has...

John Cavanaugh went to the Grifols Talecris Plasma Donation Center in Eugene to donate plasma in January 2024. As an openly gay man, he answered “yes” on the initial questionnaire that asked whether he has...

a rippling rainbow flag
a rippling rainbow flag
Jul 12, 2024

Pop Quiz: How Much Do You know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?

America’s past is filled with examples where Presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
America’s past is filled with examples where Presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
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A checkered graphic featuring different images pertaining to the president, the Supreme Court, and royalty.
Jul 11, 2024

How Trump's Proposed Radical Expansion of Executive Power Will Impact Our Freedoms

Free Speech
A second Trump administration threatens to use executive authority to further limit First Amendment freedoms, surveil Americans and undermine democracy.
A second Trump administration threatens to use executive authority to further limit First Amendment freedoms, surveil Americans and undermine democracy.
A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to surveillance and first amendment rights.
A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to surveillance and first amendment rights.