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Sep 25, 2024

Let Utah Read: Our ongoing fight against classroom censorship and book banning in Utah

First Amendment

We are building power with librarians and teachers because they are trained and best equipped to determine the materials that allow children and teens to read and learn about various people, places, and...

By Aaron Welcher

We are building power with librarians and teachers because they are trained and best equipped to determine the materials that allow children and teens to read and learn about various people, places, and...

By Aaron Welcher
LUR Book
LUR Book
Sep 5, 2024

The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.

LGBTQ+ Equality
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
A shirtless demonstrator (wearing glasses and a black surgical mask) holds up a sign that reads" GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTHCARE".
A shirtless demonstrator (wearing glasses and a black surgical mask) holds up a sign that reads" GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTHCARE".
Aug 29, 2024

Project 2025 Offers Dystopian View of America

Participatory Democracy

Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives.

Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives.

A graphic featuring a crowd of people demonstrating and the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
A graphic featuring a crowd of people demonstrating and the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Aug 6, 2024

High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win

First Amendment

ACLU spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.

ACLU spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.

A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.
A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.
Jun 27, 2024

The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know

Reproductive Freedom
Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.
Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.
Someone wearing a sticker that says "I Fight For Abortion Access."
Someone wearing a sticker that says "I Fight For Abortion Access."
May 16, 2024

Eight Supreme Court Cases To Watch

First Amendment
This term, the Court will rule in cases addressing reproductive rights, gun control, social media regulation and more hot-button issues.
This term, the Court will rule in cases addressing reproductive rights, gun control, social media regulation and more hot-button issues.
An external shot of the U.S. Supreme Court.
An external shot of the U.S. Supreme Court.