Research & Publications

The ACLU’s 2024 annual report highlights how the organization worked around the clock this year to safeguard voting rights ahead of the November elections, protect bodily autonomy, defend free speech, and much more.

The Impacts of Anti-Transgender Laws and Policies: Evidence from Empirical Research

This report reveals that unique intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and socioeconomic status are associated with different experiences with and attitudes toward law enforcement.

The ACLU’s 2023 annual report outlines how the organization worked around the clock this year to defend democracy, protect bodily autonomy, advance racial justice, and much more.

The ACLU’s new report found that child welfare systems too often take away children instead of providing support to keep families together.

This ACLU research report, A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, details marijuana arrests from 2010 to 2018 and examines racial disparities at the national, state, and county levels.

The ACLU's 2021 annual report shares how the organization fought back against this year's barrage of state legislation aimed at suppressing the vote, banning abortion, restricting transgender rights, and more.

How the Failure to Provide Treatment for Substance Use in Prisons and Jails Fuels the Overdose Epidemic

To combat the racial disparities rampant in marijuana-related arrests, the ACLU of North Dakota is calling not only for an end to racialized policing, but also for full legalization of marijuana use and possession and specific measures to ensure legalization efforts are grounded in racial justice.