We just delivered this open letter to over 650 colleges and university leaders. "We recognize that colleges and universities are managing heightened threats and anguished tensions on their campuses while trying to keep students safe — and we take those concerns seriously," said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. "The devastating conflict in Israel and Palestine has embroiled campuses here at home, sometimes resulting in speech that includes terms we vehemently disagree with or even find offensive and repugnant. Yet it's precisely in times of crisis and fear that university leaders must remain firm in their commitment to free speech, open debate, and peaceful dissent on campus. A blanket call to investigate every chapter of a pro-Palestinian student group for 'material support to terrorists' — without even an attempt to cite evidence — is unwarranted, wrong, and dangerous. It echoes America's mistakes during the McCarthy era and is counterproductive. We urge college and university leaders to hold fast to our nation's best traditions and reject proposals to restrict constitutionally protected speech." Read our full letter here: aclu.org/documents/open-lett…

All defendants are innocent until proven guilty, but no person is above the law. If President Trump is found guilty, he must be held accountable.

Today is the first day the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act takes effect, providing pregnant people with much needed protections in the workplace. No worker should have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.

1 year later, we’re looking back at the loss of our federal right to abortion and the fight for reproductive freedom that followed. Join us on At Liberty as we share stories of people affected by the overturn of Roe, a lack of access to care, and more. aclu.org/podcast/a-year-with…

Three years ago today, the murder of George Floyd in broad daylight by a Minneapolis police officer sparked the largest protests against police brutality in U.S. history. George Floyd should still be alive.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has extended its hold on a lower court's decision that would drastically reduce access to mifepristone until Friday at 11:59 PM ET. Access to this essential drug for medication abortion and miscarriage care is still in jeopardy.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the DOJ's request to block a decision that severely restricted the use of mifepristone for abortion, allowing the medication to remain available at least until end of day Wednesday, April 19th.

"The fear stays with me. I feel like I’m being watched and as if ICE could show up at any moment, disguised as the police again." Our client Alyssa is one of many people who has been targeted by ICE's unlawful ruses. aclu.org/news/immigrants-rig…

To trans people everywhere, especially trans youth: We love you. We see you. We won't stop speaking up alongside you.

Before Gideon, if we couldn't afford a lawyer, our right to one in state courts depended on where we lived. The Sixth Amendment promises a right to counsel for all. The ruling in Gideon and the work of public defense lawyers bring us closer to making that promise a reality.