Stop-and-Fingerprint Can’t Become the Next Stop-and-Frisk

The Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments in an ACLU appeal challenging unconstitutional fingerprinting by police on the street.

crime investigator wearing gloves fingerprinting person

Civil Liberties and Vaccine Mandates: Here’s Our Take.

Far from compromising civil liberties, vaccine mandates actually further civil liberties. They protect the most vulnerable among us, including people with disabilities and fragile immune systems, children too young to be vaccinated and communities of color hit hard by the disease.

A woman receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

The Final Religious Request of a Man on Death Row is in the Supreme Court’s Hands

Texas won’t allow pastor to pray aloud or “lay hands on” John Ramirez as he dies.

Supreme Court in Washington, DC

How the FBI Spied on Orange County Muslims – And Attempted to Get Away With It | American Civil Liberties Union

In 2006, the FBI sent an informant to pose as a convert and spy on one of the country's largest Muslim communities.

Ali Malik praying in a mosque

I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

Tennessee passed a law that would keep Luc and other transgender students from participating in school sports.

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We the People: Sarah M. Vogel

Sarah Vogel is an attorney, advocate, and author of “The Farmer’s Lawyer,” a memoir about her landmark class action lawsuit, Coleman v. Block.

By Janna Farley

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My Life Was Derailed By a Traffic Ticket

A minor infraction cost me my driver’s license, my job, thousands of dollars, and over a decade entangled with a system that punishes poverty.

Traffic violation on a windshield.

10 Emerging Artists Share What Systemic Equality Means to Them

Each artist created an image of what Systemic Equality could look like — a vision of a more inclusive and equitable future for America.

A banner containing the visual art pieces from the 10 emerging artists, with the words "Systemic Equality Artists Collective" in the center of the banner.

More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden Administration

The Biden administration is filling private prison beds emptied out by its own Executive Order with immigrant detainees.

Empty cell at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison.