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June 6, 2025
Skrmetti, Obergefell, and the Path Forward for LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio
June is a time to honor and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. It鈥檚 also a month when the Supreme Court has historically made pivotal decisions for LGBTQIA+ rights. This week, Co-Director of the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project Chase Strangio joins W. Kamau Bell to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of...
Skrmetti, Obergefell, and the Path Forward for LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio June 6, 2025
Skrmetti, Obergefell, and the Path Forward for LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio
Skrmetti, Obergefell, and the Path Forward for LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase StrangioJune is a time to honor and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. It鈥檚 also a month when the Supreme Court has historically made pivotal decisions for LGBTQIA+ rights. This week, Co-Director of the ACLU's LGBT &...
May 23, 2025
Know Your Education Rights with ReNika Moore
It may be graduation season, but here on At Liberty, class is still in session鈥攁nd this week, we鈥檙e exploring students鈥 right to learn. Since the Trump administration took office, schools across the country have faced book bans, funding cuts, and a rollback in civil rights protections. This week, ReNika Moore鈥擠irector...
Know Your Education Rights with ReNika Moore May 23, 2025
Know Your Education Rights with ReNika Moore
Know Your Education Rights with ReNika MooreIt may be graduation season, but here on At Liberty, class is still in session鈥攁nd this week, we鈥檙e exploring students鈥 right to learn. Since the Trump administration took office, schools across the country have faced...
May 9, 2025
We鈥檙e Still Ready: Trump鈥檚 First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang
We talk a lot on At Liberty about knowing our rights, but since Donald Trump returned to office, where do those rights stand? This week, the ACLU鈥檚 National Legal Director Cecillia Wang joins Kamau to make sense of Trump鈥檚 first 100 days, from the more than 140 executive orders he...
We鈥檙e Still Ready: Trump鈥檚 First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang May 9, 2025
We鈥檙e Still Ready: Trump鈥檚 First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang
We鈥檙e Still Ready: Trump鈥檚 First 100 Days with Cecillia WangWe talk a lot on At Liberty about knowing our rights, but since Donald Trump returned to office, where do those rights stand? This week, the ACLU鈥檚 National Legal Director Cecillia Wang joins Kamau to...
April 25, 2025
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
End-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints鈥攁nd how our data is tracked, whether we鈥檙e crossing a US border or at home? This week, we鈥檙e exploring our right to digital privacy and how protecting our data...
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor April 25, 2025
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn GillmorEnd-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints鈥攁nd how our data is tracked, whether we鈥檙e crossing a US border or at...
April 11, 2025
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones
You know that phrase 鈥渂orn on the wrong side of the tracks鈥? Well, there鈥檚 something to it: highways, roads, and sidewalks across America have, for decades, been racial and economic dividers. These thoroughfares don鈥檛 just reflect inequality鈥攖hey continue to play an active role in it. This week, W. Kamau Bell...
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones April 11, 2025
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen JonesYou know that phrase 鈥渂orn on the wrong side of the tracks鈥? Well, there鈥檚 something to it: highways, roads, and sidewalks across America have, for decades, been racial and economic dividers. These thoroughfares don鈥檛 just...
March 28, 2025
Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy
Mahmoud Khalil is a recent Columbia University graduate, activist, soon-to-be father, and U.S. green card holder. On March 8, he was unlawfully detained because of his speech in defense of Palestinian human rights. On this week鈥檚 episode of At Liberty, host W. Kamau Bell is joined by two members of...
Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy March 28, 2025
Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy
Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher AzmyMahmoud Khalil is a recent Columbia University graduate, activist, soon-to-be father, and U.S. green card holder. On March 8, he was unlawfully detained because of his speech in defense of Palestinian human rights. On this...
March 14, 2025
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic
Seventeen. That鈥檚 the number of states suing the US government to end federal protections for disabled individuals. 880 billion. That鈥檚 the amount of money that Congress is primed to cut from Medicaid funding. One in four. That鈥檚 the number of adults in the US who report having a disability. The...
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic March 14, 2025
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole JorwicSeventeen. That鈥檚 the number of states suing the US government to end federal protections for disabled individuals. 880 billion. That鈥檚 the amount of money that Congress is primed to cut from Medicaid funding. One in...
February 28, 2025
Know Your Immigration Rights
Restaurants. Churches. Street corners. These are community spaces, not sites where immigrants and their loved ones live in fear of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. This week, the ACLU鈥檚 Maribel Hern谩ndez Rivera and Lee Gelernt join W. Kamau Bell to share the latest advocacy and legal perspectives on immigrants鈥...
Know Your Immigration Rights Restaurants. Churches. Street corners. These are community spaces, not sites where immigrants and their loved ones live in fear of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. This week, the ACLU鈥檚 Maribel Hern谩ndez Rivera and Lee...
February 14, 2025
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio
This week, the ACLU鈥檚 Chase Strangio joins W. Kamau Bell to discuss the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights across the country. Listen in as they explore how President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive orders have already affected folks鈥 access to gender-affirming care, passports, and beyond. They also discuss how the ACLU is...
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio February 14, 2025
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase StrangioThis week, the ACLU鈥檚 Chase Strangio joins W. Kamau Bell to discuss the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights across the country. Listen in as they explore how President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive orders have already affected...
February 3, 2025
We Don鈥檛 Get Ready, We Stay Ready with ACLU鈥檚 Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau Bell
In this episode of At Liberty, W. Kamau Bell makes his debut as the official host, marking an exciting new chapter for the ACLU's podcast. Joined by ACLU Legal Director Cecillia Wang, the first podcast of 2025 dives deep into the pressing challenges facing civil liberties in America today. In...
We Don鈥檛 Get Ready, We Stay Ready with ACLU鈥檚 Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau Bell February 3, 2025
We Don鈥檛 Get Ready, We Stay Ready with ACLU鈥檚 Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau Bell
We Don鈥檛 Get Ready, We Stay Ready with ACLU鈥檚 Cecillia Wang and W. Kamau BellIn this episode of At Liberty, W. Kamau Bell makes his debut as the official host, marking an exciting new chapter for the ACLU's podcast. Joined by ACLU Legal Director Cecillia Wang, the first podcast...