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At Liberty is a podcast that explores the most pressing civil rights and civil liberties questions of our time. New episodes air biweekly on Fridays.

Immigrants' Rights

On the podcast, we鈥檝e chronicled some of the year鈥檚 biggest stories: the insurrection, the rescinding of the Muslim ban, devastating police brutality, state after state attacks on the rights of trans kids, the abusive system...

Last month, horrifying images hit the news: border patrol agents on horses were seen whipping Haitian migrants. This was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant practices that have emboldened border patrol over the...

In this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.聽

Yesterday, Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States. And today, as part of his day one agenda, he has rescinded one of the Trump administration鈥檚 most incendiary orders: the Muslim Ban. The...

Mitra Ebadolahi, staff attorney with the 红杏视频鈥檚 Border Litigation Project, joins At Liberty to debunk misconceptions about the border and discuss the fight to hold CBP accountable. For more information visit: www.holdcbpaccountable.org.

Immigrant communities are often asked to 鈥済et right with the law,鈥 but is the law right in the first place? That鈥檚 what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the...

Recently, we've seen a reckoning in the culinary world around the whitewashing and co-opting of ethnic food. The industry has long been controlled by a certain few who have authored and then profited from the...

The Supreme Court decided in a 7-2 decision to deny certain asylum seekers their right to have their day in court. This decision follows the Trump administration鈥檚 relentless attacks against asylum seekers, including closing the...

The Coronavirus has spread quickly through communities around the world, prompting physical distancing measures to keep people safe and 鈥渇latten the curve.鈥 聽But people in custody are especially at risk because they are often held...