News & Commentary

ACLU of Connecticut executive director David McGuire shares insight into how we can collectively act and organize to slow, shut down, and reverse the country's march towards autocracy under the Trump administration.

Attempted book bans are on the rise in Connecticut. Here’s how you can push back.

No one should be criminalized for asking for help. Yet that is exactly what towns do when they attempt to ban people from panhandling.

Eliminating the symptoms of the social crisis that we are going through with policing is neither an effective policy nor a morally sound one.

As we close the book on 2021, we’re ready to look ahead to 2022. Here (in no particular order) is what the ACLU of Connecticut is looking toward in court, in communities, and during the legislative session.

In Connecticut, elected and unelected public officials – including Democrats and Republicans – have blocked critics and journalists on social media. Recent court decisions should make them think twice.

No parent who speaks out against police violence, including and especially an elected official with a responsibility to serve their constituents, should be silenced by the government.

Net neutrality is about the principle that internet service providers shouldn’t get to decide what information we see. Here are five reasons why Connecticut should be the next state to pass net neutrality protections into law.

2017 was a year of persistence, and in 2018, everyone who cares about civil rights and civil liberties will need to draw on that resilience again. Here are just some of the ways the ACLU of Connecticut will fight for freedom, equality, and justice in 2018.