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December 15, 2022
2022 Wins With David Cole
As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we have weathered devastating losses like the overturn of Roe v. Wade this past summer, there...
2022 Wins With David Cole As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection. A lot has happened in the world, in our country and in our work at the ACLU. While we...
November 3, 2022
What's on Your Midterm Ballot?
The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 27 secretary of state seats, and many more positions to vote...
What's on Your Midterm Ballot? The midterm elections are just around the corner. On Tuesday, November 8th, all across the country will vote for our representatives in Congress and in our state government. On the ballot, we have 435 House...
May 19, 2022
The Impact of Intergenerational Immigrant Trauma
May marks Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. To mark the importance of this month and how it intersects our work at the ACLU, we are bringing you this conversation with Malaysian American award-winning writer and audio producer, Stephanie Foo. Stephanie is the author of...
The Impact of Intergenerational Immigrant Trauma May 19, 2022
The Impact of Intergenerational Immigrant Trauma
The Impact of Intergenerational Immigrant TraumaMay marks Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. To mark the importance of this month and how it intersects our work at the ACLU, we are bringing you this conversation...
March 24, 2022
Refugees of Color Matter Too
This week, we鈥檒l be talking about something that鈥檚 on everyone鈥檚 mind: Ukraine. After weeks of building forces on the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, the UN has reported that nearly 700 civilians in Ukraine have lost their lives...
Refugees of Color Matter Too This week, we鈥檒l be talking about something that鈥檚 on everyone鈥檚 mind: Ukraine. After weeks of building forces on the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since...
January 27, 2022
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?
This week we鈥檙e going to talk about families, and a uniquely American hypocrisy surrounding them. On the one hand, politicians are always talking about supporting strong, nuclear families, and in some ways, we do. We give tax breaks to people who get married and have children. Kids eat free at...
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families? January 27, 2022
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?This week we鈥檙e going to talk about families, and a uniquely American hypocrisy surrounding them. On the one hand, politicians are always talking about supporting strong, nuclear families, and in some ways, we do. We...
December 16, 2021
An Update on Our Biggest Stories of 2021
On the podcast, we鈥檝e chronicled some of the year鈥檚 biggest stories: the insurrection, the rescinding of the Muslim ban, devastating police brutality, state after state attacks on the rights of trans kids, the abusive system of conservatorships, and the rollback of abortion access, just to name a few.聽 Today we鈥檙e...
An Update on Our Biggest Stories of 2021 On the podcast, we鈥檝e chronicled some of the year鈥檚 biggest stories: the insurrection, the rescinding of the Muslim ban, devastating police brutality, state after state attacks on the rights of trans kids, the abusive system...
October 28, 2021
The Biden Administration's Immigration Double Talk
Last month, horrifying images hit the news: border patrol agents on horses were seen whipping Haitian migrants. This was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant practices that have emboldened border patrol over the last few years. Some of these practices include the invocation and overuse of Title 42,...
The Biden Administration's Immigration Double Talk October 28, 2021
The Biden Administration's Immigration Double Talk
The Biden Administration's Immigration Double TalkLast month, horrifying images hit the news: border patrol agents on horses were seen whipping Haitian migrants. This was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant practices that have emboldened border patrol over the...
August 26, 2021
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen
In this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.聽
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen August 26, 2021
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American CitizenIn this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.聽
January 21, 2021
An End to the Muslim Ban Is Just the Beginning
Yesterday, Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States. And today, as part of his day one agenda, he has rescinded one of the Trump administration鈥檚 most incendiary orders: the Muslim Ban. The Muslim ban, enacted within Trump鈥檚 first days in office, virtually blocked immigration from countries with...
An End to the Muslim Ban Is Just the Beginning January 21, 2021
An End to the Muslim Ban Is Just the Beginning
An End to the Muslim Ban Is Just the BeginningYesterday, Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States. And today, as part of his day one agenda, he has rescinded one of the Trump administration鈥檚 most incendiary orders: the Muslim Ban. The...
September 10, 2020
The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant
Immigrant communities are often asked to 鈥済et right with the law,鈥� but is the law right in the first place? That鈥檚 what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the Shadows. She taps her experience as the daughter of immigrants and as an immigration attorney...
The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant Immigrant communities are often asked to 鈥済et right with the law,鈥� but is the law right in the first place? That鈥檚 what our guest Alina Das asks in her new book No Justice in the...