The Human Toll of Trump's Anti-Trans Crusade

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.

Trans Rights, speakers, protesters, and supporters denounce the Trump Administration's persistent attacks on the transgender community. by carrying a huge sign reading" TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS".

Five State and Local Entities Safeguarding Our Civil Rights

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.

A backward view of protesters.

Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights

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.

A group of voting rights advocates marching over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Trump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective Actions

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

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) logo.

Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models

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

Scanning the crowd of people walking at the railway station. Surveillance interface using artificial intelligence and facial recognition.

BALANCING FANTASY AND REALITY

How one artist uses art as a tool for resistance

By Amanda Elmer, she/her

Balancing fantasy and reality

Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

Security Check at the Airport

A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia

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

Facade of the Columbia University Library with the ALMA MATER statue in the foreground.

A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

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

A picture of Mahmoud Khalil.