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Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It.
Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and civil rights.
By Mike Zamore
Project 2025 Promises to Harm Our Communities and Turn Presidents Into Kings. We Won’t Stand for It.Podcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
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Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Bus Tour Brings Banned Books to Georgia
Content creator Jameelah Jones and author Seema Yasmin joined the first stop on the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s Know Your Rights Bus Tour to discuss how your vote helps to fight classroom censorship.
By Sam Herrera
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Bus Tour Brings Banned Books to GeorgiaKnow Your Rights Game Show: Home Edition!
How well do you know your rights? Test your knowledge when you play the online version of our Bus Tour’s Know Your Rights Game Show quiz.
By ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
Know Your Rights Game Show: Home Edition!How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil Liberties
We’re sharing our battle-ready playbook to defend our civil liberties and civil rights no matter who wins the White House this year.
By Anthony D. Romero
How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil LibertiesPodcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
Latest on COVID-19
Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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Our New 4/20 Merch and Ongoing Fight for Legalization
Check out our new 4/20 products designed to inform, inspire, and mobilize in the fight for marijuana legalization.
By Kia Winter, Johanna Silver
Check out our new 4/20 products designed to inform, inspire, and mobilize in the fight for marijuana legalization.
By Kia Winter, Johanna Silver
Live from Brooklyn Public Library: The Power of Poetry and Magical Thinking
From the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, this is At Liberty. I'm Kendall Ciesemier, your host. ...
From the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, this is At Liberty. I'm Kendall Ciesemier, your host. ...
One Year Later, Hope for Humanity in Arizona Prisons
A year after being ordered to address negligent and abusive conditions, there are glimmers of change in Arizona prisons. But the work continues.
By Maria Morris
A year after being ordered to address negligent and abusive conditions, there are glimmers of change in Arizona prisons. But the work continues.
By Maria Morris
The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing to Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions
The implications of Connell v. CIA and how we’re holding the CIA accountable for its actions at the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
By Sara Robinson, Brett Max Kaufman
The implications of Connell v. CIA and how we’re holding the CIA accountable for its actions at the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
By Sara Robinson, Brett Max Kaufman
The Supreme Court Will Soon Determine Whether Cities Can Punish People for Sleeping in Public When They Have Nowhere Else to Go
Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes of Grants Pass v. Johnson.
By Katie Hoeppner
Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes of Grants Pass v. Johnson.
By Katie Hoeppner
The Most Extreme Anti-Immigration Bill We've Seen
Last December, Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 4, one of the most extreme pieces of anti-immigrant legislation to emerge from any state...
Last December, Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 4, one of the most extreme pieces of anti-immigrant legislation to emerge from any state...
Quiz: State Legislation and the Part You Play
The laws passed in your state crucially affect your civil liberties — but you can influence this legislative process at the polls.
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The laws passed in your state crucially affect your civil liberties — but you can influence this legislative process at the polls.
By ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
Special Edition: Abortion Is Back at the Supreme Court
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will determine if nationwide restrictions are imposed on access to mifepristone,...
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will determine if nationwide restrictions are imposed on access to mifepristone,...
How We're Fighting for Gender Equity Nationwide
Here is a look at how we are challenging discriminatory gender policies nationwide
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Here is a look at how we are challenging discriminatory gender policies nationwide
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In 'Problemista,' Julio Torres Crafts an Imaginative Immigration Story
The United States is home to the largest immigrant population in the world, with hundreds of thousands more seeking asylum and citizenship. America...
The United States is home to the largest immigrant population in the world, with hundreds of thousands more seeking asylum and citizenship. America...