News & Commentary

While overdose remains a public health crisis throughout the country, New Jersey has been able to save lives in recent years by prioritizing data-driven efforts and harm reduction services.

On August 16, the ACLU and the ACLU of New Jersey hosted the first Power and Purpose Training in Trenton to inspire community members to turn their outrage into action in this critical moment.

When a person’s prison sentence is commuted through clemency, miracles happen for people and their families.

Since it was enacted in 1965, the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) has been a transformative piece of civil rights law intended to protect voters of color from practices that make it harder for them to vote and those that unfairly diminish their voting power.  

Turning military bases into massive tent detention sites is not only unnecessary and costly; it’s another dehumanizing spectacle designed to intimidate all of us and deprive those detained of their rights.

This June, we showed up all month proudly honoring queer resistance and joy.

Three years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion. It was the first time the nation’s highest court had eliminated a federal constitutional right.

The Trump administration is targeting New Jersey for lawfully declining to carry out its anti-immigrant agenda.

On No Kings Day, millions participated in over 2,000 demonstrations in the largest display of collective resistance since Trump’s inauguration. Dozens of rallies took place here in New Jersey with thousands of people showing up in support of democracy.