News & Commentary

Nov 12, 2020

President-Elect Biden’s Reproductive Freedom To-Do List

After four years of attacks on our reproductive rights and health by the Trump administration and the anti-abortion legislators it has emboldened around the country, there is much to repair. When President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris take office, their administration must make it a top priority to not just undo the damage, but to take bold, visionary steps to make reproductive health care — including abortion — accessible to all, regardless of their income or ZIP code. Congress, too, has a key role to play in ensuring that everyone is afforded the dignity to make our own decisions about our lives.Here are just a few of the many items that should top our elected officials’ to-do list:Reverse dangerous Trump administration regulations targeting reproductive health care, including:

Supporters of abortion-rights attend a reproductive freedom rally at state capitol in Nebraska, holding ACLU signs that read "We will be heard" and "abortion is healthcare."
Nov 09, 2020

The Affordable Care Act — and With It, Our Civil Rights — Are Under Attack

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

Affordable Care Act Supporter waves sign that reads "ACA is here to stay" outside of the Supreme Court.
Nov 02, 2020

ACLU’s Guide to Voting in South Dakota For Transgender, Non-Binary, or Gender Non-Conforming Voters

Every voter should have unencumbered access to the ballot.

Trans flag at the SD state capital
Oct 27, 2020

We’re Ready for the Election

Sarah Brannon, she/her/hers, Managing Attorney, ACLU Voting Rights Project

Boxes of vote-by-mail ballot envelopes with workers counting ballots in the background.
Oct 26, 2020

Patience is a Democratic Virtue

Our democracy is strongest when all voices are heard. Let’s prepare for an extended election process to make sure that happens.

By Libby Skarin

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Oct 19, 2020

Eye on Civil Liberties: Where You Can Have an Impact in Elections Closer to Home

Ronald Newman, Former National Political Director, ACLU The intense f

Photo of multiple voting stations set up in the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballot.
Oct 13, 2020

The Supreme Court to Decide Whether Chicago Can Keep Cars Locked Up When Debtors File for Bankruptcy

Nusrat Choudhury, Legal Director, ACLU of Illinois

Photo of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC
Oct 12, 2020

An Indigenous Woman Made it to Safety in the US. DHS Won’t Let it Go.

Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter, ACLU When Flor got

Barbed wire fence at a refugee camp for migrants and asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, October 2019. Guillermo Arias for the ACLU.
Oct 09, 2020

The Trump Administration is Banning Talk about Race and Gender

Sarah Hinger, Senior Staff Attorney, Racial Justice Program, ACLU

President Donald Trump speaks about podium with presidential seal during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House.