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ACLU 2024 Annual Report
The ACLU鈥檚 2024 annual report highlights how the organization worked around the clock this year to safeguard voting rights ahead of the November elections, protect bodily autonomy, defend free speech, and much more. Alongside breakdowns of the ACLU鈥檚 key wins and efforts throughout 2024, the report tells the stories of ACLU activists, advocates, and clients who are on the front lines of this fight.
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Trump on Voting Rights
A second Trump administration will renew efforts to erode constitutional foundations of our democracy, make it harder for Americans to vote. The ACLU defeated the previous Trump administration鈥檚 attempt to do this and will use every tool at our disposal to stop it again.
Trump on DEI and Anti-Discrimination Law
The 2024 Trump campaign鈥檚 鈥渁nti-white racism鈥� rhetoric threatens to unravel decades of progress on racial equality and civil rights. The ACLU outlines our plan to fight back.
Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective
The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union today released a new report, 鈥淥ut of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective,鈥� revealing that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world in disenfranchising large numbers of citizens based on criminal convictions.
As of 2022, over 4.4 million people in the United States were disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, and thousands more eligible voters were unable to cast their ballot due to their incarceration status.
The report examines the laws of 136 countries around the world with populations of 1.5 million and above, and finds that the majority 鈥� 73 of the 136 鈥� never or rarely deny a person鈥檚 right to vote because of a criminal conviction. In the other 63 countries, where some laws deny the right to vote in broader sets of circumstances, the United States sits at the top of the restrictive end of the spectrum, disenfranchising a wider swath of people overall.
Trump on Abortion
The ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide 鈥� and our roadmap to fight back.
Deadly Failures: Preventable Deaths in U.S. Immigrant Detention
Deadly Failures: Preventable Deaths in U.S. Immigration Detention, a new research report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and American Oversight, provides a comprehensive examination of the deaths of 52 people who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody from 2017-2021. Based on a review of over 14,500 pages of documents and independent medical expert reviews, the report exposes the ways in which the Department of Homeland Security has failed to conduct rigorous investigations, impose meaningful consequences, or improve conditions that cause immigrants to die in ICE detention. Report analysis also incorporates the review of ICE鈥檚 own investigatory reports into deaths in custody by independent medical experts, as well as interviews with two family members of people who died in ICE detention during the studied period. The report concludes with actionable recommendations for Department of Homeland Security, Congress, and state/local governments.
ACLU Magazine
Published twice a year, ACLU Magazine shares updates on the ACLU's critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive ACLU Magazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.
