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As she prepares to welcome her first child with husband Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Noor Abdalla writes to her husband one month after he was unlawfully detained for exercising his free speech rights. 

Mikal Mahdi’s life was marked by abuse. Today, as he awaits execution, the courts have the responsibility to acknowledge the systemic failures that shaped his path.

On Saturday, April 5, 2025, millions of people across the United States took to our streets to protest for our democracy. An estimated 10,000 people showed up in downtown Portland, where ACLU of Oregon’s Executive Director Sandy Chung spoke.

President Donald Trump’s assault on transgender rights is a gross overreach of presidential power and yet another attempt to punish trans people just for existing.

Governors, attorneys general, mayors, and other local officials are starting to vocally say no to President Donald Trump’s radical and dangerous agenda. Here’s why their roles are so crucial for our democracy and the state of civil liberties today.

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans.

While the NLRB’s reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action.

Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.

How one artist uses art as a tool for resistance