News & Commentary

by Katie Hoeppner, former ACLU Communications Strategist

Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.

Suspicionless monitoring of social media accounts chills speech and threatens our right to live without fear of constant government scrutiny.

For years, ICE has impersonated the police and used other ruses to lure immigrants into detention and deportation. Two ACLU clients share what it’s like to fall into an ICE trap.

When the Senate voted to restore the vote to upwards of 50,000 Minnesotans, Jennifer Schroeder saw it on TV and immediately texted her boyfriend the good news.

Data from hookup and dating apps is just one corner of a multibillion-dollar ecosystem of private information bought and sold without our permission.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a federal law that violates our First Amendment right to free speech.

The school’s requirement is a rejection of who he is and a demand that he sacrifice his culture and heritage to conform to baseless and unfair rules.

Minnesota just restored the right to vote for people with felony convictions, like me.