News & Commentary

The ACLU is suing the state of West Virginia for its moratorium on clinics providing methadone, an opioid treatment that cuts the risk of overdose deaths in half.

As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants.

With winter and the 2026 legislative session behind us, take a moment with us to “spring forward” and celebrate some important victories achieved by the ACLU of Oregon team and community.

The ACLU looks at how the Trump administration is pushing policies designed to keep women at home.

Despite talk of "drones for good" from boosters, we're seeing a new, darker law enforcement “use case” for the technology

Immigration arrests have upended life in Minnesota as citizens detail unlawful and violent interactions with ICE in court testimonies as part of an ACLU lawsuit against the Trump administration.

More than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement launched an unlawful and discriminatory immigration raid in Wilder, Idaho.

Amid President Donald Trump's unconstitutional war against Iran, ACLU experts break down who has the power to declare war — and how Congress can assert its war powers.

Laurie and Richard Eckman met 12 years after separately relocating to our state in 1976, “at church of all places.” That church was Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, which they still attend, and was the faith organization that organized the family-friendly protest that took place on January 31, 2026. Read more about this couple's experience attending the ICE protest and being targeted by federal agents.