The Government is Racing to Deploy AI, But at What Cost to Our Freedom?

Our FOIA request seeks to uncover information about what types of AI tools intelligence agencies are deploying, what rules constrain their use, and what dangers these systems pose to privacy and due process.

Face recognition and personal identification technologies in street surveillance cameras covering people's faces.

Parents, Faith Leaders, Doctors, Students, and More Don't Want House Bill 1217

People who typically don’t get involved in politics have signed on to letters calling for the Governor to veto House Bill 1217.

By Jett Jonelis

Trans people belong protest at the Gov Mansion by Greg Latza

ACT NOW: End House Bill 1217 Once and For All

South Dakota Legislators will be voting on House Bill 1217 on Monday. Act Now to stop this policy once and for all.  

By Jett Jonelis

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New Mexico Showed Us What Protecting Abortion Rights Looks Like

How an intersectional movement of women, families, faith leaders, and medical providers, Indigenous, Black, and Latinx reproductive justice leaders alongside reproductive rights advocates in New Mexico organized to protect reproductive health care.

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Racial Justice and Civil Liberties: An Inseparable History at the ACLU

Over the past century, the ACLU’s work to combat racial discrimination has grown, evolved, and deepened.

Collage of images from the racial justice cases over the ACLU's history

How the Stimulus Can Help Decriminalize Poverty

Poverty isn't a moral failing, and it shouldn't be a crime.

A close-up of the corner of a stimulus check.

Unless Biden Acts, Trump’s Assault on Human Rights will Continue

We are asking a court for protection from Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court.

International Criminal Court in Den-Hagg, Netherlands.

State Senator Sarah McBride on Making History and Affirming Trans Lives

Sen. McBride is a powerful example of how trans people are building a more inclusive public life.

Sarah McBride.

Beyond the Bans: State Attacks on Abortion in 2021

In the first months of 2021, two states passed abortion bans, and several more could soon join them. But there are also more subtle and nefarious restrictions on the horizon — bills that will push abortion out of reach without explicitly banning it.

Protestors holding signs calling for the end of abortion bans.