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Jul 2, 2025

As AI Gains Power, We Must Push for Guardrails to Protect Civil Liberties

Privacy and Technology
As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights...
As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights...
The camera focuses on a sign held by a demonstrator that reads, "REGULATE AI KEEP THE FUTURE HUMAN."
The camera focuses on a sign held by a demonstrator that reads, "REGULATE AI KEEP THE FUTURE HUMAN."
Jun 26, 2025

The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action

LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit Rights
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities.
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities.
At a trans rally, person (wearing a denim vest and with their back to the camera) displays the sign stitched to the vest that reads "WE WILL PROTECT TRANS KIDS."
At a trans rally, person (wearing a denim vest and with their back to the camera) displays the sign stitched to the vest that reads "WE WILL PROTECT TRANS KIDS."
Jun 17, 2025

Jose Antonio Vargas on What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform

Immigrants' Rights
Vargas shares with the ACLU the common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he’s encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America.
Vargas shares with the ACLU the common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he’s encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America.
A smiling Jose Antonio Vargas and two equally joyful female family members stand to the right of a large sign that reads "JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS
A smiling Jose Antonio Vargas and two equally joyful female family members stand to the right of a large sign that reads "JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS
Jun 13, 2025

Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families

The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families
Teacher and pre-K students using wooden shapes.
Teacher and pre-K students using wooden shapes.
Jun 9, 2025

What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights

LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit Rights
Anti-trans laws aren’t just about bathrooms or sports, they’re about systematically pushing trans individuals out of public life.
Anti-trans laws aren’t just about bathrooms or sports, they’re about systematically pushing trans individuals out of public life.
The Trans and LGBTQ+ flags waving in the wind in front of the Supreme Court Building in DC.
The Trans and LGBTQ+ flags waving in the wind in front of the Supreme Court Building in DC.
Jun 6, 2025

13 “Woke” Books Banned in DOD Schools

Free Speech
The Department of Defense has banned more than 500 titles from its military schools, alleging the books promote “woke” ideologies about race, gender, sex and sexuality.
The Department of Defense has banned more than 500 titles from its military schools, alleging the books promote “woke” ideologies about race, gender, sex and sexuality.
A bookshelf.
A bookshelf.