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December 21, 2022
ACLU Kids Take the Mic
For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the ACLU kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for civil rights and civil liberties. You鈥檒l hear from our ACLU family all across the country and they have some pretty interesting insights to...
ACLU Kids Take the Mic For this special holiday episode, we handed the reins over to the ACLU kids. Together, with their adults, they talk about what we do to fight for civil rights and civil liberties. You鈥檒l hear from...
December 15, 2022
2022 Wins With David Cole
As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we have weathered devastating losses like the overturn of Roe v. Wade this past summer, there...
2022 Wins With David Cole As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we...
November 17, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom
This week, we are re-airing a conversation we had with Alok Vaid-Menon in early June, before we had the final Dobbs decision. Alok鈥檚 work is always salient but with the recent midterm election results showing an overwhelming affirmation of reproductive access, we believe their call for transformative thinking around gender...
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom November 17, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender Freedom
Alok Vaid-Menon on the Fight for Gender FreedomThis week, we are re-airing a conversation we had with Alok Vaid-Menon in early June, before we had the final Dobbs decision. Alok鈥檚 work is always salient but with the recent midterm election results showing...
November 3, 2022
What's on Your Midterm Ballot?
The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 27 secretary of state seats, and many more positions to vote...
What's on Your Midterm Ballot? The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House...
October 13, 2022
The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth
It鈥檚 October, which means it鈥檚 LGBTQ History Month, a time to remember, look back and celebrate the history of LGBTQ activism and the resulting progress. It鈥檚 also a time to acknowledge the work still to be done and understand the roots of systemic discrimination and inequality. To that end, our...
The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth October 13, 2022
The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth
The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender YouthIt鈥檚 October, which means it鈥檚 LGBTQ History Month, a time to remember, look back and celebrate the history of LGBTQ activism and the resulting progress. It鈥檚 also a time to acknowledge the work still to...
September 8, 2022
This Podcast Could Be Banned in Florida Schools
It鈥檚 September and we鈥檙e back! Did you miss us? We missed you. So happy to be back and bringing you a very timely episode for the back to school season. In August, the ACLU along with partner organizations, filed a challenge to Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a censorship law which...
This Podcast Could Be Banned in Florida Schools September 8, 2022
This Podcast Could Be Banned in Florida Schools
This Podcast Could Be Banned in Florida SchoolsIt鈥檚 September and we鈥檙e back! Did you miss us? We missed you. So happy to be back and bringing you a very timely episode for the back to school season. In August, the ACLU along...
July 14, 2022
Roe's Overturn Threatens All Reproductive Care
It was a few days after the overturn of Roe v. Wade when a doctor in Louisiana prescribed a medication to make the insertion of an IUD, a form of birth control, less painful for a patient. The medication has several uses. One of them is to act as the...
Roe's Overturn Threatens All Reproductive Care July 14, 2022
Roe's Overturn Threatens All Reproductive Care
Roe's Overturn Threatens All Reproductive CareIt was a few days after the overturn of Roe v. Wade when a doctor in Louisiana prescribed a medication to make the insertion of an IUD, a form of birth control, less painful for...
June 24, 2022
Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won鈥檛 Stop at Abortion
In a landmark decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization, the Supreme Court has voted to overturn both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, eliminating a 50-year precedent and the constitutional right to an abortion. We expect half of the states across the country...
Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won鈥檛 Stop at Abortion June 24, 2022
Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won鈥檛 Stop at Abortion
Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won鈥檛 Stop at AbortionIn a landmark decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization, the Supreme Court has voted to overturn both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, eliminating a 50-year precedent and...
June 9, 2022
How Dismantling Roe Puts Interracial Marriage at Risk
June 12th, 2022 marks the 55th anniversary of the landmark case Loving v. Virginia which made interracial marriage legal across the United States. We also know this day as Loving Day. This year, Loving Day has a bit of a weightier feel to it. In the recent Supreme Court leaked...
How Dismantling Roe Puts Interracial Marriage at Risk June 9, 2022
How Dismantling Roe Puts Interracial Marriage at Risk
How Dismantling Roe Puts Interracial Marriage at RiskJune 12th, 2022 marks the 55th anniversary of the landmark case Loving v. Virginia which made interracial marriage legal across the United States. We also know this day as Loving Day. This year, Loving Day...
June 2, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender
This year brings an unprecedented surge of anti-trans legislation banning everything from sports participation to healthcare access. So far, we鈥檙e tracking roughly 280 state bills that have been filed ahead of or during this legislative session. At the same time, the Supreme Court is on the precipice of delivering a...
Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender June 2, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender
Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine GenderThis year brings an unprecedented surge of anti-trans legislation banning everything from sports participation to healthcare access. So far, we鈥檙e tracking roughly 280 state bills that have been filed ahead of or during this legislative...