Speaking Freely With the ACLU-PA Podcast

This is the podcast that tells the story of civil liberties in Pennsylvania. You'll hear from our staff, our clients, and our allies about the most prominent civil liberties issues of the day.

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Shut Down Berks: Ending family detention

For approximately two decades, Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania has had a working agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold people in detention on ICE’s behalf.

August 13, 2021

Justice for Nizah Morris

Eighteen years ago, after receiving a courtesy ride from a Philadelphia police officer, Nizah Morris, a Black trans woman, was found hit over the head. She died shortly after.

June 30, 2021

Rights at risk at the state capitol

With the state budget deadline looming on June 30, this month is the busy season - or the silly season - at the PA General Assembly. Lawmakers are debating reproductive rights, voting rights, and the continued expansion of the criminal legal system.

June 14, 2021

Green jobs with Leafly's Yoko Miyashita

As more states legalize cannabis, including New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania is at risk of being left behind, continuing to enforce an outdated, archaic prohibition regime.

May 28, 2021

We have a new president

Deborah Archer is a professor at New York University School of Law, where she is the co-faculty director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law. She's also the new president of the ACLU.

May 14, 2021

Students' speech outside the schoolhouse gate

On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District.

April 26, 2021