ACLU, Theater Companies File Lawsuit Against National Endowment for the Arts
The lawsuit claims that new grant requirements prohibiting promoting "gender ideology" violate First and Fifth Amendment ...
‘What the transcestors fought for’: New England arts groups are challenging ‘gender ideology’ executive orders
The NEA, on Feb. 6, just ahead of the deadline to apply for 2026 Grants for Arts Projects, changed applicant rules, directly ...
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ACLU Strongly Condemns Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Columbia Student Activist
NEW YORK — On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University and one of the lead negotiators on behalf of ...
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US Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
Hundreds of protesters rallied in New York City demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by ...
9 Fundamental Facts About the ACLU
The group was founded during World War I to defend Americans’ First Amendment freedoms. Over the years, that mission has ...
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment Won’t Stop the Pro-Palestine Student Movement
The reverberations of Khalil’s arrest are being felt beyond Columbia University’s campus.
ICE Wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay Operation as All Migrants Returned to US
Democrat Sara Jacobs told ABC News that officials at Guantanamo Bay said it cost $16 million to stand up the migrant camp.
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Arrest of pro-Palestinian activist sparks outrage, Trump says 'first of many'
Protesters in New York and rights groups expressed outrage Monday over the arrest of a leader of pro-Palestinian ...
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New York’s Prostitution Problem
This prompted New York to divert many of those arrested in the sex trade ... This approach is backed by some feminist groups but opposed by organizations such as the ACLU, Amnesty International, and ...
Donald Trump Is Tearing Up The First Amendment
The president is waging an across-the-board war against the First Amendment and its legal interpretations from the mid-20th century to today.
‘Passports taken by the government’: How new State Department rule blocks trans travelers
The passport ban by the State Department has left transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans without one of the most ...
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Trump administration targets foreign student who protested against Israel’s war in Gaza
A former student at Columbia University in New York was arrested by immigration authorities despite having a green card. Mahmoud Khalil, who helped organize on-campus protests against Israel’s war on ...