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The Shame of TD Bank's Jolly Bankers Oct. 30, 2024
Woody Guthrie satirized Depression-era bankers who routinely gouged farmers and poor people. "I'm a ... Read More
What Kamala Harris and Henry VIII Have in Common Oct. 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and the 16th-century British monarch Henry VIII share at least one trai... Read More
Lilly Ledbetter Fought the Bastards -- And Won for All of Us Oct. 23, 2024
Forget the cartoonish "Great Man" version of American history. Nearly all social progress in our cou... Read More
Report: White House Controlled 'Investigation' During Kavanaugh Confirmation Oct. 15, 2024
The old adage that the cover-up is often worse than the crime is no more evident, as we have recentl... Read More
Why the Fight for Trans Rights Never Gets Easier -- or Less Vital Oct. 15, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In the spring of 1999, young people across the country began to prepare for that singular teenage ri... Read More
The US Supreme Court Takes up Ghost Guns Oct. 08, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term this week with a near-record-low approval rating of 43%, ... Read More
Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate Oct. 08, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
For more than two years, the immigration debate has revolved around one issue: "the border." Despite... Read More
Diddy Sits in Jail Pending Trial Oct. 01, 2024
Why is Sean "Diddy" Combs in jail? He hasn't been convicted of a crime. He was charged by the U.S. A... Read More
GOP House Members Eye Parallel Investigation of Assassination Attempt Sep. 03, 2024
On July 24, by a vote of 416-0, the U.S. House of Representatives established a bipartisan task forc... Read More
How a Harris Administration Could Chart a New Course for Immigration Reform Sep. 02, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Despite immigrants' contributions to our communities and economy, our current immigration system sti... Read More
If Things Are Too Perfect, Then Something Must Be Wrong Aug. 27, 2024
In Waterbury, Connecticut, a police officer detained the driver of a vehicle who had safely pulled t... Read More
How Kamala Harris Can Be a Pro-Voting Rights President Aug. 26, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In a moment when hostile state legislators have used unlawful redistricting efforts and discriminato... Read More
Trial by Jury Is Vital to American Democracy Aug. 20, 2024
In colonial America, the British deprived colonists the right to jury trials. This prohibition was c... Read More
Why a Harris Presidency Promises Hope for LGBTQ Rights Aug. 19, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
For the past four years, the Biden-Harris administration has made LGBTQ rights a cornerstone of its ... Read More
The Right to Bodily Autonomy Aug. 13, 2024
The art of movie making can be provocative, a glimpse of the past as a harbinger of the future. Ther... Read More
Will the Chevron Decision Fix Big Government? Aug. 07, 2024
The Supreme Court recently ruled to overturn the Chevron doctrine precedent that has stood since 198... Read More
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Doesn't Guarantee a Fair Outcome Aug. 06, 2024
Everyone accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty — guilty "beyond a reason... Read More
Trump's Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term Aug. 06, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
This piece was written before Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee. No significa... Read More
President Biden Pushes For Supreme Court Reform Jul. 30, 2024
The first paragraph of this week's Washington Post op-ed by President Joe Biden declared, "This nati... Read More
How Donald Trump's Election Lies and Other Anti-Voter Policies Will Continue To Impact Our Democracy Jul. 30, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him is not only a lie (no widespread v... Read More
