News & Commentary

The U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech, including our client Rümeysa Öztürk, should scare us all.

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. 

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.

The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.

Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.

How one artist got involved with the Oregon legislative session

Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected.

A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit brought against Columbia professors who criticized the school’s response to student protests is a classic and unlawful way to weaponize our legal system to punish and silence protected speech. The ACLU is in court to protect our right.

We break down the absurd-but-true history of trying to censor sexual speech under the guise of "keeping kids safe."