This argument is particularly unconvincing this time around. And it doesn’t offer a realistic prescription for future success.

Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act. But others are hesitating.

The law sets the state up for a standoff with the federal government.

The American Principles Project has lost election after election but its influence in the GOP is still growing.

Calling the Republican effort to silence her “craven” and unconstitutional, the organization will sue to challenge the Montana lawmaker’s censure.

Adam Hochschild’s new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression.

Amid a rising right-wing tide of threats, recent incidents have sadly not been out of the norm.

A provision in the Communications Decency Act making it a felony to talk about abortion online has been on hold since the Clinton administration. Could it be enforced by a future GOP president?

Over a dozen states are currently considering anti-LGBTQ laws.

Two liberal interest groups—the ACLU and a coalition of public defenders—have waded into the high court’s upcoming concealed-carry decision, but on opposite sides.

Can the ideals of free speech and social justice be reconciled?

Michael Powell frames policing and racial justice as issues moving the ACLU away from its core mission around speech. It’s a false antagonism—and a trap.

The Trump administration’s fight to dismantle trans students’ rights is a reminder of how fragile Supreme Court victories really are.

An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.

Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination

Eastman was a women’s suffragist, labor reformer, and founder of the ACLU, but her work never quite took center stage.

Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people—and for everyone else.

As the ACLU has transformed itself from a nonpartisan protector of civil liberties into one of Donald Trump’s most bitter political foes, it’s been forced to grapple with fundamental questions about its role in American society.