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Jan 30, 2025

Public Schools are Not Sunday Schools

Religious Liberty

Religious freedom is one of our country’s most treasured liberties. Every individual and family — not politicians or the government — gets to decide for themselves what religious beliefs, if any, they adopt...

By Cody J. Schuler

Religious freedom is one of our country’s most treasured liberties. Every individual and family — not politicians or the government — gets to decide for themselves what religious beliefs, if any, they adopt...

By Cody J. Schuler
Public Schools Aren't Sunday Schools: Stop House Bill 1145
Public Schools Aren't Sunday Schools: Stop House Bill 1145
Jan 24, 2025

The High Costs of Abortion Bans

Reproductive Freedom
Abortion care and access is not just politics, it’s personal.
Abortion care and access is not just politics, it’s personal.
A graphic depicting different images pertaining to reproductive rights and abortion bans.
A graphic depicting different images pertaining to reproductive rights and abortion bans.
Jan 22, 2025

Trump's Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained

LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit Rights
A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law
A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law
A pesron holding up a sign reading "A World Without Trans People Has Never Existed And Never Will" at a demonstration.
A pesron holding up a sign reading "A World Without Trans People Has Never Existed And Never Will" at a demonstration.
Jan 17, 2025

How to Take Action on Inauguration Day and Beyond

Our civil liberties and civil rights are on the line. The ACLU’s guide helps to connect you with ways to advocate for our freedoms.
Our civil liberties and civil rights are on the line. The ACLU’s guide helps to connect you with ways to advocate for our freedoms.
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A collage graphic depicting images pertaining to civil liberties and action.
Jan 14, 2025

Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet

In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court will hear arguments about whether a law that requires age-verification before accessing sexual speech online is constitutional. We are in court to protect free...
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court will hear arguments about whether a law that requires age-verification before accessing sexual speech online is constitutional. We are in court to protect free...
A laptop with the word "CENSORED" in white on a red background.
A laptop with the word "CENSORED" in white on a red background.
Jan 13, 2025

The ACLU’s Historic Fight for Our Freedoms

As the nation prepares for a second Trump presidency, the ACLU has never been more focused on how to preserve and expand our most vital civil liberties and civil rights.
As the nation prepares for a second Trump presidency, the ACLU has never been more focused on how to preserve and expand our most vital civil liberties and civil rights.
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An ACLU poster.