10 Books Politicians Don’t Want You to Read

Read about some of the books that have most recently been banned or challenged for removal across public schools and libraries in our ‘ACLU Banned Book Club Reading List.’

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Is the Government Tracking Your Social Media Activity?

Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU’s Defense of Trans Rights

The ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund aims to educate and activate supporters and push back against restrictive anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Drag queen Sasha Colby.

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.

An empty jury box with leather and wood chairs.

This Deceptive ICE Tactic Violates the Fourth Amendment

For years, ICE has impersonated the police and used other ruses to lure immigrants into detention and deportation. Two ACLU clients share what it’s like to fall into an ICE trap.

Margarito Casta​​ñon Nava looks into the camera as he stands next to an American flag hanging from a wooden fence behind him on his right.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here

Forty-five years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the PWFA is a long overdue corrective for pregnant workers.

A pregnant worker using an office phone while typing on a keyboard.

Tesla Camera Scandal is the Latest Lesson in Dangers of Letting Companies Record You

Whether for AI training purposes or simple voyeurism, this abuse of privacy is shocking but unsurprising.

A Tesla camera that is built into the car.

Stop the Slate of Hate: Protect the rights of transgender North Dakotans.

North Dakota lawmakers seem hellbent on jeopardizing the health and lives of our transgender friends and neighbors.

By Cody J. Schuler

Stop the Slate of Hate

Busting Myths About Gender-Affirming Medical Care

Much of the furor about trans health care isn’t grounded in reality. Rather, it’s propped up by cherry-picked studies, fringe “experts,” a handful of political operatives.

Trans health care protest