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Apr 21, 2023

Access to Housing is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time (Again)

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.
An aerial view of a neighborhood filled with houses.
An aerial view of a neighborhood filled with houses.
Apr 14, 2023

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.
The ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund aims to educate and activate supporters and push back against restrictive anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Drag queen Sasha Colby.
Drag queen Sasha Colby.
Apr 14, 2023

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.
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.
An empty jury box with leather and wood chairs.
Apr 12, 2023

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.
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.
A pregnant worker using an office phone while typing on a keyboard.
Apr 3, 2023

Abortion is Our Right, and We Won’t Be Silenced

Anti-abortion politicians are going after our right to speak freely and access vital information.
Anti-abortion politicians are going after our right to speak freely and access vital information.
A protestor holding a sign with an ACLU logo that says Our Voice is Our Power.
A protestor holding a sign with an ACLU logo that says Our Voice is Our Power.
Mar 31, 2023

How the ACLU is Showing Up For Abortion Access Nationwide

We are working with our partners in states across the country to defend reproductive freedom.
We are working with our partners in states across the country to defend reproductive freedom.
ACLU supporters marching at a reproductive rights rally.
ACLU supporters marching at a reproductive rights rally.