Judge Damon Keith, Civil Rights Icon Who Faced Down Presidents and the KKK, Dies at Age 96

Mark Joseph Stern

April 28, 2019 2:09 PM

The Fight for LGBTQ Protections Under the Civil Rights Act

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

April 27, 2019 10:00 AM

“White Power” Symbol Found After Fire Destroyed Social Justice Center That Trained MLK, Rosa Parks

Molly Olmstead

April 03, 2019 10:25 AM

Facebook Is Eliminating the Easiest Ways to Commit Housing and Employment Discrimination—but Not All the Ways

April Glaser

March 20, 2019 4:26 PM

Forced Arbitration Is Unjust and Deeply Unpopular. Can Congress End It?

Terri Gerstein

March 01, 2019 3:25 PM

High School Students Fight to Solve Civil Rights Cold Cases

Mary Harris

Feb 27, 2019 5:00 AM

A Reminder That Two Southern States Still Celebrate Robert E. Lee’s Birthday on MLK Day

Molly Olmstead

Jan 19, 2019 9:02 AM

The Atlantic’s Taylor Lorenz Explains What Teens Are up to Online in 2019

April Glaser and Will Oremus

Jan 16, 2019 6:23 PM

Why a Revoked Civil Rights Award for Angela Davis Is Causing an Uproar in Alabama

Molly Olmstead

Jan 08, 2019 6:45 PM

A Civil Rights Group Targeted by Facebook Wants the Company to Fire Its Policy Chief

April Glaser and Will Oremus

Dec 05, 2018 4:00 PM

Progressives Won Key Victories Trying a New Campaign Tactic in 2018. They Can Do Even Better in 2020.

Marc Solomon

Nov 25, 2018 5:12 PM

Jeff Sessions’ Last-Minute Memo

Mary Harris

Nov 12, 2018 10:19 AM

Federal Judge Bars Georgia From Disenfranchising Voters on the Basis of Amateur Handwriting Analysis

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 24, 2018 4:24 PM

A Facebook Executive Moved to London to Protect Her Son From Police Brutality. Then Her Brother Was Tased to Death by Police.

A.T. McWilliams

Oct 24, 2018 4:00 PM

LGBTQ Legal Strategy Rests on Equal Protection. But if Identity Is Political Speech, the First Amendment Could Be Our Future.

Scott Skinner-Thompson

Oct 23, 2018 2:28 PM

How the Trump Administration’s Radical New Definition of “Sex” Would Legalize Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 22, 2018 5:12 PM

The ACLU’s Decision to Defend the NRA Has Led to an Internal Clash That Could Transform the Group

Mark Joseph Stern

Aug 27, 2018 7:24 PM

A Recent Judicial Ruling Defining “Jewish” as a Protected Race Follows a Long and Often Ugly History

Atiya Husain

Aug 14, 2018 5:50 AM

Jeff Sessions Announces DOJ Religious Liberty Task Force in Response to “Dangerous Movement”

Molly Olmstead

July 30, 2018 1:06 PM

Can the ACLU’s Fight Against Trump Hurt the ACLU?

Jacob Weisberg

July 12, 2018 6:49 PM