2022 Year-in-Review

In 2022, amidst unprecedented attacks on our rights and our lives, We the People showed up to safeguard our freedoms — and it made a big difference.

2022 Year-in-Review

Three Reasons Why Congress Must Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Now

Workers still are routinely denied the temporary job changes they need to have healthy pregnancies — but a bipartisan bill is poised to provide millions of workers with these protections.

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Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court

The Indian Child Welfare Act — a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture — is currently under attack.

Children from the Zuni Pueblo lead the U.S. pledge of allegiance in the Zuni language in the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M.

How These Lesser-Known Offices Impact Your Rights

Up and down the ballot, Indiana voters will have the power to hold local leaders accountable and influence policy at every level of government.

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Land Acknowledgment

We acknowledge that the ACLU of Indiana exists on the occupied territory of the Myaamia (Miami) and Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) peoples.  

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The Prosecutorial Power Struggle

Indiana legislators have been attempting to strip power away from local prosecutors and hand it over to the Attorney General. 

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Previously Incarcerated? Yes, You Can Vote!

Indiana is one of 24 states (including D.C.) where people who have been previously incarcerated can vote upon release.

By Private: Jane Henegar

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Defending Students’ Right to Learn

A wave of book bans and classroom censorship legislation is undermining students’ ability to read and think freely.

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A Constitution Day Comment

On Constitution Day, we celebrate the constitutional rights that we inherit and how the Constitution has evolved.

By Michael Grossberg

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