Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All

President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.

Members of the National Guard patrol the area surrounding the outskirts of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

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".

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.

Trump’s Attack on the Department of Education, Explained

The Trump administration just put millions of students’ education and civil rights at risk by closing key Department of Education offices and firing half of its workforce.

The exterior of the the Education Department (ED) headquarters in Washington, DC.

ACLU Reads: Stories About Immigrants and Refugees

Broaden your perspective on immigration, identity, and belonging with these book suggestions

By Em Powers

An open book on a table

Rights of Federal Employees with Disabilities, Explained

The Trump administration has issued a number of directives affecting federal employees with disabilities, but laws protecting these workers remain.

Disabled worker in a wheelchair typing at keyboard while looking at two computer screens.

'I Won’t Abandon My Country'

Maria is a third-generation Latina American who loves her country as much as she loves her husband, Miguel, who is undocumented. In a moment when Donald Trump has threatened to unlawfully deport millions, for Miguel and Maria, the American dream is finding a way to stay together.

Illustration of a person with long hair sitting up in bed at night and facing a window with blinds half drawn that hide the top half of the moon.

What is an Executive Order and How Does it Work?

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place

President Donald Trump holds up a recently signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.

We Don’t Need a Surveillance State to Protect Kids Online

Is there harmful content on the internet for young viewers? Undoubtedly. But not every societal ill requires a solution from the government.

By Samantha Chapman

We Don’t Need a Surveillance State to Protect Kids Online