It takes a counterculture to best the culture that Donald Trump is leading. And so far, the Democrats don’t have that; they ...

The population in America’s big jails and state prisons plunged by 170,000 this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters has found in a survey of facilities around the country. All told, ...

She was among the last of a generation of activists and lawyers who weathered the Red Scare, and then helped train a new cohort in the decades that followed. By Clay Risen In early October 1964, Ann ...

A prominent Cornell law professor is demanding a civil rights investigation into allegations that one of his colleagues attempted to exclude an Israeli student from a course on the Gaza Strip. Earlier ...

Senator Tammy Duckworth criticized the Trump administration’s decision to federalize the Illinois National Guard and deploy out-of-state troops to Chicago, saying it violated the Constitution, states’ ...

WASHINGTON — Today, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum authorizing government-wide investigations into non-profits, activists, and their donors and funders using vague and overbroad ...

At the time of this report, over 3,100 students and faculty at American universities have been arrested at protests since October 7 in support of Palestinian liberation and opposing U.S. involvement ...

From congressional calls to protests, ACLU experts explain what actions actually work to hold the Trump administration accountable and protect democracy. In his first 9 months back in office, ...

The default in nearly all states is to impose the same traffic rules on bicycles as on motor vehicles even though the needs ...

“Breaking the Deadlock” arrives in an era defined by misinformation and the inability to agree on a shared reality based on ...

A colleague who is a lawyer and longtime advocate for freedom of speech and other civil liberties recently told me he’s never been more afraid about the future. Who could blame him? It is terrifying ...