News & Commentary about Mobilization

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Demonstrators perform a die-in symbolizing the amount of people dying from AIDS, Monday, August 17, 1992, in Houston. Hundreds of police and gay rights activists clashed outside the Republican National Convention Monday night as protesters sought to block a street near the Astrodome.

Oct 19, 2023

How ACT UP Changed the Face of AIDS and Activism

Aaron Booe at a protest in Austin in 2020

Jul 19, 2021

The ACLU National Advocacy Institute is Building the Next Generation of Leaders — Including Me

Collage of images from the founding decades of the ACLU including photos and newspaper headlines

Jan 20, 2021

Turning the Page on Trump to the Work Ahead

Seated members of an audience clapping and holding signs with the text "Rights for All" at the ACLU Rights for All campaign launch.

Feb 10, 2020

How Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Broke Through in Iowa

Striking teaching assistants protest on the campus of Columbia University in New York.

Jan 30, 2020

The Government Is Trying to Strip Student Workers of the Ability to Unionize

Oct 4, 2019

Rights For All Volunteers are Shaping Policy in the 2020 Presidential Election

Jan 2, 2019

As the 115th Congress Ends, Here Are the Important Civil Rights Battles We've Won

Oct 18, 2018

Civil Liberties on the Midterm Ballot

Sep 25, 2018

Voters Choose to Defend Democracy by Approving Voting Rights Measures

Sep 6, 2018

John McCain's Replacement Has a History of Undermining Civil Liberties

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News & Commentary about Mobilization