News & Commentary

Less than two weeks before Election Day, the ACLU is in the courts and in communities fighting for increased access to the ballot for all eligible voters.

The ACLU examines the down-ballot races, ballot initiatives and state supreme court races impact on the future of abortion access in key states.

For decades the trans community has successfully fought partisan politicians who attempt to discriminate against or endanger their lives. Today, facing new challenges to gender-affirming care, the never-ending battle for trans rights has become even more fraught.

The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs.

Ahead of the election, we examined how political ads and news media stories depict the immigration debate as more negative than it may be.

On Saturday, September 21, the ACLU of Oregon gathered with over 100 trusted community partners, advocates, and service providers from across the state for our TOGETHER Conference. 

At the last stop on the ACLU's Know Your Rights Bus Tour, a live podcast taping with the comedian W. Kamau Bell and a rap concert featuring Danny Brown helped the Michigan residents make a plan to vote.

On tour with the ACLU’s Know Your Rights bus tour, drag queens and other artists from Philadelphia and Detroit helped audiences test their knowledge of democracy, while also helping them register to vote.

The ACLU’s latest report outlines how interior immigration checkpoints and anti-immigrant state policing trap noncitizens trying to leave Texas for abortion care.