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Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
By Hina Shamsi
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us AllPodcast
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...
Latest on COVID-19
Since the start of COVID-19, we鈥檝e filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
How We Help the Immigrant Community Feel Seen
When Jeannie Parent and her volunteer group, KWESI, visit immigrants held in a California detention center, she鈥檚 inspired by the sense of connection and community she can foster in spite of the circumstances.
By Jeannie Parent
How We Help the Immigrant Community Feel Seen
Educators Speak Out on Harms of Unlawful Education Department Directive
The 鈥淒ear Colleague Letter鈥� seeks to dictate teaching, curriculum, and school climate, and limit academic free expression.
By Lisa Francois
Educators Speak Out on Harms of Unlawful Education Department Directive
Writing an Op-Ed is Not Grounds for Deportation
The U.S. government鈥檚 escalating attacks on noncitizens鈥� right to free speech, including our client R眉meysa 脰zt眉rk, should scare us all.
By Allegra Harpootlian
Writing an Op-Ed is Not Grounds for DeportationPodcast
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...
Latest on COVID-19
Since the start of COVID-19, we鈥檝e filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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Trump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective Actions
While the NLRB鈥檚 reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action.
By Alejandro Agustin Ortiz
While the NLRB鈥檚 reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action.
By Alejandro Agustin Ortiz
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty 鈥� as well as our sanity 鈥� against omnipresent AI surveillance.
By Jay Stanley
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty 鈥� as well as our sanity 鈥� against omnipresent AI surveillance.
By Jay Stanley
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It鈥檚 Complicated.
We鈥檝e been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers鈥� electronic devices at international...
By Esha Bhandari, Nathan Freed Wessler, Noa Yachot
We鈥檝e been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers鈥� electronic devices at international...
By Esha Bhandari, Nathan Freed Wessler, Noa Yachot
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment鈥損rotected speech.
By David Cole, Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment鈥損rotected speech.
By David Cole, Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf
A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.
By Mahmoud Khalil
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.
By Mahmoud Khalil
Trump's Department of Education Attack Explained
The Trump administration just issued an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department, putting millions of students鈥� education...
By Ricardo Mimbela, Deirdre Schifeling
The Trump administration just issued an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department, putting millions of students鈥� education...
By Ricardo Mimbela, Deirdre Schifeling
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...
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...
Singled Out for Speaking Up: How UCSC Seized My Digital Life After I Joined a Lawsuit Against Them
A student is suing UC Santa Cruz to challenge the unconstitutional search and seizure of her phone in retaliation for her participation in a...
By Anonymous
A student is suing UC Santa Cruz to challenge the unconstitutional search and seizure of her phone in retaliation for her participation in a...
By Anonymous
Rights of Federal Employees with Disabilities, Explained
The Trump administration has issued a number of directives affecting federal employees with disabilities, but laws protecting these workers remain.
By Zoe Brennan-Krohn
The Trump administration has issued a number of directives affecting federal employees with disabilities, but laws protecting these workers remain.
By Zoe Brennan-Krohn
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...
Restaurants. Churches. Street corners. These are community spaces, not sites where immigrants and their loved ones live in fear of Immigrations and...
