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Apr 22, 2020

New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us

The Trump administration optimistically projects that “substantially under” 100,000 people will die from COVID-19 in the United States. Horrific as that statistic is, a new model suggests it could be a huge...

The Trump administration optimistically projects that “substantially under” 100,000 people will die from COVID-19 in the United States. Horrific as that statistic is, a new model suggests it could be a huge...

Apr 21, 2020

Defying Medical Experts, Lawmakers are Weaponizing COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion Access

States across the country have issued orders to postpone non-essential surgeries and other medical procedures. Most have left it up to doctors and other health care professionals to determine what is “...

States across the country have issued orders to postpone non-essential surgeries and other medical procedures. Most have left it up to doctors and other health care professionals to determine what is “...

Apr 17, 2020

A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform

Marijuana arrests clog the criminal legal system with people who should not be there. This puts even more people in harm’s way as COVID-19 threatens to devastate jails and prisons, where the virus can...

Marijuana arrests clog the criminal legal system with people who should not be there. This puts even more people in harm’s way as COVID-19 threatens to devastate jails and prisons, where the virus can...

Apr 16, 2020

Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?

A well-designed tool could offer public health benefit, but a poorly designed one could pose unnecessary and significant risks to privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.

A well-designed tool could offer public health benefit, but a poorly designed one could pose unnecessary and significant risks to privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.

Apr 14, 2020

Isolation, Before and During a Pandemic

Many communities the ACLU works with were familiar with social isolation long before COVID-19 arrived. Here's what you can learn from them.

Many communities the ACLU works with were familiar with social isolation long before COVID-19 arrived. Here's what you can learn from them.

Statue of Liberty Illustration
Statue of Liberty Illustration
Apr 13, 2020

Federal Wardens Must Immediately Flatten the Curve in our Nation’s Prisons

350 incarcerated persons and almost 200 Bureau of Prison staff have COVID-19. The wardens overseeing America's 122 federal prisons have no time to spare.

350 incarcerated persons and almost 200 Bureau of Prison staff have COVID-19. The wardens overseeing America's 122 federal prisons have no time to spare.