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WEBNews & Commentary. Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It. Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and civil rights. By Mike Zamore.
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WEBSystemic Equality. Since our nation’s founding, discriminatory policies and laws have created an unequal system in which Black communities have had their civil rights and liberties denied and have been systemically locked out of opportunities in education, housing, employment, and more.
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WEBJun 17, 2021 · The ACLU has been at the center of nearly every major civil liberties battle in the U.S. for more than 100 years. This vital work depends on the support of ACLU members in all 50 states and beyond. We need you with us to keep fighting — donate today. The latest on COVID-19 Pandemic Response.
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WEBACLU Names Cecillia Wang as New National Legal Director. A Renowned Litigator Who Has Argued Before the U.S. Supreme Court, ACLU Veteran Attorney Wang Will Be the First Woman and Woman of Color in This Role. Issue Areas: Civil Liberties. Sep 24, 2024.
About the ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBWhen a roomful of civil liberties activists — led by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, and Albert DeSilver — formed the ACLU in 1920, the Supreme Court had yet to uphold a single free speech claim. Activists languished in jail for distributing anti-war literature.
Free Speech - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBWe have defended the speech rights of communists, Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, accused terrorists, pornographers, anti-LGBT activists, and flag burners. That’s because the defense of freedom of speech is most necessary when the …
Prisoners' Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBPrisoners' Rights. The National Prison Project is dedicated to ensuring that our nation's prisons, jails, and detention centers comply with the Constitution, domestic law, and human rights principles.
Voting Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBThe fight for voting rights remains as critical as ever. Politicians across the country continue to engage in voter suppression, efforts that include additional obstacles to registration, and large-scale dilution of minority voters’ rights.
ACLU History - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBA number of national projects address specific civil liberties issues: AIDS, capital punishment, lesbian and gay rights, immigrants' rights, prisoners' rights, reproductive freedom, voting rights, women's rights and workplace rights.
Immigrants' Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBFor more than 25 years, the ACLU has been at the forefront of almost every major legal struggle on behalf of immigrants’ rights, focusing on challenging laws that deny immigrants access to the courts, impose indefinite and mandatory detention, and discriminate on the basis of nationality.