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Jun 10, 2025

The 89th Texas Legislature’s Regular Session

Texans deserve to live in a state where teachers are paid fairly for their hard work, where the lights stay on during heavy rain and heat waves, and where every community...

Texans deserve to live in a state where teachers are paid fairly for their hard work, where the lights stay on during heavy rain and heat waves, and where every community...

lege recap
lege recap
Jun 6, 2025

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme

Border and Immigrants’ Rights
Trump has sought every way to terrorize entire communities in a hunt for our immigrant neighbors that will put all of our civil liberties in danger. As the ACLU prepares for the fight ahead, we offer three key...
Trump has sought every way to terrorize entire communities in a hunt for our immigrant neighbors that will put all of our civil liberties in danger. As the ACLU prepares for the fight ahead, we offer three key...
Two signs are held up during the May Day March In Manhattan, New York on May 1, 2025. The largest of the signs is in the foreground and reads"We Are a Nation of Immigrants," while the smaller in the background reads, " WE ARE ALL (EXCEPT NATIVE...
Two signs are held up during the May Day March In Manhattan, New York on May 1, 2025. The largest of the signs is in the foreground and reads"We Are a Nation of Immigrants," while the smaller in the background reads, " WE ARE ALL (EXCEPT NATIVE...
May 30, 2025

Recipes of Resistance: A Q&A with Artist-in-Residence Kill Joy

Border and Immigrants’ Rights
Meet Kill Joy, our 2024-2025 artist-in-residence, whose work uplifts frontline movements and challenges state violence.
By Jahnara Khan
Meet Kill Joy, our 2024-2025 artist-in-residence, whose work uplifts frontline movements and challenges state violence.
By Jahnara Khan
puppets and joy
puppets and joy
May 28, 2025

What Is Due Process?

Smart Justice
The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.
The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.
A protest with individuals holding signs in favor of due process.
A protest with individuals holding signs in favor of due process.
May 6, 2025

Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for "Public Safety"

Smart Justice
We’re on the Hill this week telling Congress to fund real solutions
We’re on the Hill this week telling Congress to fund real solutions
Oni K. Blair in front of the U.S. Capitol
Oni K. Blair in front of the U.S. Capitol
Apr 16, 2025

Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All

President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
Members of the National Guard patrol the area surrounding the outskirts of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
Members of the National Guard patrol the area surrounding the outskirts of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.