News & Commentary

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.

Winn’s story highlights why pregnant people should never be shackled. She is fighting to ensure they aren’t.

Secret police forces patrolling our neighborhoods in response to protests is unacceptable.

Prison, jail, and detention administrators have consistently failed to take the necessary steps to prevent outbreaks that endanger both the people inside and outside their facilities, as the virus does not stop at the prison walls.