News & Commentary

On October 20, the ACLU-MN sent a letter to the Forest Lake Area School Board in response to the deeply disturbing news that the board does not want to protect the rights of trans student athletes.

Families share how Trump’s threat to end birthright citizenship turned moments of joy into doubt about their children’s futures.

After 100 days in immigration detention, journalist Mario Guevara shares a handwritten letter describing the toll of separation from his family, his love for the U.S., and his determination to keep reporting.

Writing a letter to the editor is easier than you think.

High school senior Rowan told the St. Francis School Board, "The St. Francis School District should refuse to let the fears of a few people affect the education of all of us.”

Ray Simpson has one main goal: to make people feel loved and accepted. "We don't have enough of that," he said.  

Luis Islas did everything right, but that didn’t protect him from racial profiling and harassment from law enforcement.  

The harms of the 287(g) program

The ACLU celebrates everyone, highly visible or not, who continues to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech and uses their voice to protect the rule of law, bodily autonomy, and all the civil rights and liberties to which we are all entitled.