News & Commentary

Sexual assault survivors and activists from Alaska, Nebraska, West Virginia, Colorado, and Maine will descend on Capitol Hill Thursday, to share their stories directly with senators and join the call for their senators to vote “no” on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Ideas are powerful. That’s why intellectual freedom is protected by the First Amendment—and it's also why sometimes government tries to suppress provocative ideas.

Each August, thousands of Nebraska students return to college campuses across the state. Apart from signifying Back to School, August is also National Breastfeeding Month.

Last week, incarcerated individuals across the country launched a nationwide strike with 10 demands for improved living conditions, greater access to resources and the end of "modern-day slavery.”

A large-scale immigration raid was conducted in and around O’Neill, Nebraska, the morning of Aug. 8, in relation to an indictment brought by U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods. One hundred thirty-three immigrants were detained.

The ACLU of Nebraska launched a bail fund to address the practice of jailing low-income Nebraskans who are unable to afford money bail. If this has happened to you, we want to hear your story.

The Nebraska Supreme Court issued a death warrant today for Carey Dean Moore. This will be the first death penalty execution in the state since 1997 and the first conducted by lethal injection.

The ACLU of Nebraska is monitoring the expansion of school resource officers (SROs) in our schools because they disproportionately target students of color, fueling the school-to-prison pipeline. Legal and policy research only tell us part of the story. That's why we need to hear from you!