Issues

Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.

Featured Issues

Issue

Free Speech

The framers of the U.S. Constitution believed that the freedom of inquiry and liberty of expression were the hallmarks of a democratic society. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights provides protections in a number of areas including free speech.
Issue

Immigrant and Refugee Rights

The ACLU has been one of the nation’s leading advocates for the rights of immigrants, refugees and non-citizens, challenging unconstitutional laws and practices, countering the myths upon which these laws are based.
Issue

LGBTQ+ Rights

A brief chronology of the struggles to secure civil rights for LGBT Oregonians in the Legislature

All Issues

No results.