News & Commentary

Past policies have structured our society and created deeply-rooted patterns and practices that can only be disrupted and reformed with new policies of similar strength.

Four formerly incarcerated people share their stories about what it’s like to be incarcerated during the pandemic, while friends and family members are left helpless on the outside.

Incremental reforms have not worked. Reducing police violence requires taking bold steps that lead to transformational change.

Residents of Guam are unconstitutionally forced to travel thousands of miles just to access abortion care.

Mahalo nui to everyone who voted in our recent Board Elections 2020. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi welcomes four board members as they begin their volunteer three year term starting January 1, 2021 and concluding on December 31, 2023. We congratulate and thank them for their commitment of service to Hawaiʻi and the ACLU.  

The Biden administration has said they will follow existing federal law protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination — including in schools.

While some gun regulations raise Second Amendment concerns, a ban on carrying weapons at a protest does not.

Protecting people in prison and jail is a matter of public health, law, and basic humanity.

As our board’s second call for Trump’s impeachment makes clear, our allegiance has always been, and remains, with the Constitution.