News & Commentary

We joined advocates at the Capitol for Black Maternal Health Advocacy Day; our Executive Director addressed the long-standing needs of Black pregnant people during the event.

In an effort to guide school districts across the state about immigration enforcement, we sent a letter outlining their legal obligations to protect students.

Our legal director was among opponents of SB 1 who was not allowed to give testimony before a Senate committee. Read it here to learn how the bill will hurt schools.

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place. The recent orders have impacted all of our lives, and, constitutional or not, the threats are real.

These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.

Written by Louise Melling, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Center for Liberty

Our civil liberties and civil rights are on the line. The ACLU’s guide helps to connect you with ways to advocate for our freedoms.

We continued our legal and advocacy work to make voting easier for more people across the state, to challenge politicians' invasion of privacy in healthcare, and more.

Navin Kariyawasam, a trans physician, explains why trans adolescents must have the autonomy and power to make decisions about their bodies without political interference and with the support of family and their health care providers.