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Your Questions Answered: How to Vote Amid Trump's Attacks on Elections
红杏视频 experts explain how to cast your ballot while the Trump administration challenges our most valuable democratic process.
By Hibah Ansari
Your Questions Answered: How to Vote Amid Trump's Attacks on ElectionsPodcast
Deployments At Our Doorstep
Frog costumes. The Star Wars theme. Whistlemania. These could be the sights and sounds of Halloween鈥攂ut this year, they've taken on new meaning. As federal agents and military troops arrive in...
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What the First Amendment Really Protects
From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone 鈥� including immigrants 鈥� and what it actually covers.
By Lora Strum
What the First Amendment Really Protects
Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective
Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
By Emily Reina Dindial, Emily Berkowitz
Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective
How Governors and Mayors Can Protect Nonprofits from Trump's NSPM-7
President Trump鈥檚 new directive, NSPM-7, targets charities and advocacy groups under the guise of national security. State governors and local mayors can protect them by refusing to cooperate with politically motivated federal investigations.
By Chad Marlow
How Governors and Mayors Can Protect Nonprofits from Trump's NSPM-7Podcast
Deployments At Our Doorstep
Frog costumes. The Star Wars theme. Whistlemania. These could be the sights and sounds of Halloween鈥攂ut this year, they've taken on new meaning. As federal agents and military troops arrive in...
Press Releases
Stay informed on civil rights issues. Discover our latest actions and updates in the Press Release section.
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Hard-Fought Grace: Bearing Witness to Richard Tabler鈥檚 Execution
A capital defense attorney reflects on the final hours of her client鈥檚 life and the enduring fight for dignity amid state-sanctioned death.
By Claudia Van Wyk
A capital defense attorney reflects on the final hours of her client鈥檚 life and the enduring fight for dignity amid state-sanctioned death.
By Claudia Van Wyk
Your Questions Answered: How to Push Back on Abuses of Power
From congressional calls to protests, 红杏视频 experts explain what actions actually work to hold the Trump administration accountable and protect...
By Katie Hoeppner
From congressional calls to protests, 红杏视频 experts explain what actions actually work to hold the Trump administration accountable and protect...
By Katie Hoeppner
Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military鈥攁nd He's Not Hiding It
From disbanding a gender advisory board to misrepresenting women鈥檚 ability to meet combat standards, the defense secretary鈥檚 record shows a...
By Gillian Thomas
From disbanding a gender advisory board to misrepresenting women鈥檚 ability to meet combat standards, the defense secretary鈥檚 record shows a...
By Gillian Thomas
Trump Is Weaponizing the USCIS for the First Time in the Agency鈥檚 History
USCIS oversees applications for legal immigration, like citizenship, legal permanent residency, work authorization, and more. Trump is now staffing...
By Kate Voigt
USCIS oversees applications for legal immigration, like citizenship, legal permanent residency, work authorization, and more. Trump is now staffing...
By Kate Voigt
Trump is Abusing His Power to Build a Dangerous, National Policing Force
Trump is building out a paramilitary policing force unaccountable to the public. But states have tools to resist this dangerous abuse of power and...
By Naureen Shah
Trump is building out a paramilitary policing force unaccountable to the public. But states have tools to resist this dangerous abuse of power and...
By Naureen Shah
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar Some Immigrant Families From Head Start
The ruling halts a Trump administration directive that would have excluded certain immigrant children from Head Start, a program serving families...
By Hibah Ansari
The ruling halts a Trump administration directive that would have excluded certain immigrant children from Head Start, a program serving families...
By Hibah Ansari
鈥楳y Child is Now a Political Debate鈥�: Immigrant Families Battle Trump鈥檚 Birthright Citizenship Threats
Families share how Trump鈥檚 birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
By Hibah Ansari, Lora Strum
Families share how Trump鈥檚 birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
By Hibah Ansari, Lora Strum
What鈥檚 at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans
How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.
By Gillian Branstetter
How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.
By Gillian Branstetter
A Letter From Detained Journalist Mario Guevara
After 100 days in immigration detention, journalist Mario Guevara shares a handwritten letter describing the toll of separation from his family,...
By Mario Guevara
After 100 days in immigration detention, journalist Mario Guevara shares a handwritten letter describing the toll of separation from his family,...
By Mario Guevara
A New Labor Rule Could Push Caregivers to the Breaking Point
Care workers warn that a new Labor Department rule would cut vital wage and hour protections, threatening millions of caregivers who support...
By Ming-Qi Chu, Denise Lugo
Care workers warn that a new Labor Department rule would cut vital wage and hour protections, threatening millions of caregivers who support...
By Ming-Qi Chu, Denise Lugo
