Opinion | What if Disability Rights Were for Everyone?

Our response to the pandemic has created an opportunity to transform this movement into a larger push for rights for all.

Marilyn Golden, Effective Voice for the Disabled, Dies at 67

“Radicalized” after an accident left her disabled, she became a “linchpin” in the fight for the Americans With Disabilities Act as a leading policy analyst.

Former Louisiana Trooper Faces Federal Civil Rights Charge

Body-camera footage shows the ex-trooper, Jacob Brown, repeatedly pummeling a Black man, Aaron Larry Bowman, with a flashlight during a traffic stop in 2019.

Justice Dept. to Review Enforcement of Civil Rights Protections in Grants

The review, part of the Biden administration’s efforts to make preserving civil rights protections a priority, applies to federal funding for local law enforcement agencies.

Justice Dept. to Investigate Georgia Prisons

The department also announced limits on federal officers’ use of widely criticized policing tactics.

Opinion | When Politics Isn’t About Principle

From vaccine mandates to religious liberty, your allies often matter more than your ideology.

Vaccination Mandates Are an American Tradition. So Is the Backlash.

The roots of U.S. vaccine mandates predate both the U.S. and vaccines.

How the N.Y.P.D. Is Using Post-9/11 Tools on Everyday New Yorkers

Two decades after the attack on New York City, the Police Department is using counterterrorism tools and tactics to combat routine street crime.

Abortion Arrives at the Center of the American Political Maelstrom

The Supreme Court’s decision not to block a Texas law banning most abortions left Republicans eager to replicate it. Democrats reeled, but sensed a winning issue in coming elections.

Opinion | We Work at the A.C.L.U. Here’s What We Think About Vaccine Mandates.

They protect the most vulnerable among us.

Video Shows Louisiana Trooper Beating a Black Man With a Flashlight

The trooper, Jacob Brown, who was charged with assaulting Aaron Larry Bowman in May 2019 and later resigned, defended the attack as “pain compliance.”

Opinion | The Performative Antiracism of Black Students at the U. of Wisconsin

A textbook demonstration of the difference between sincere activism and playacting.

2 New York Judges Ordered Defendants to Get Vaccinated. Can They Do That?

The judges’ unusual orders came as the city confronts the Delta variant and a sizable portion of the population appears resistant to being vaccinated.

As Democrats Renew Voting Rights Push, Offsetting Roberts Court Is Top of Mind

The House’s voting rights legislation named for the civil rights leader John Lewis seeks to counter the Supreme Court’s longstanding bid to undermine the Voting Rights Act.

The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning universal masking in classrooms.

The move, using the federal Department of Education’s civil rights enforcement authority, escalates the administration’s fight with Republican governors.

Gary Duncan Tried to Break Up a Fight in 1966. But He Was the One Arrested.

A new documentary follows the complicated legal fight of a civil rights case in 1960s Louisiana that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Opinion | ‘Lean Into It. Lean Into the Culture War.’

Is it Democrats or Republicans who are tearing us apart?

White House, Facing Voting Rights Defeats, Expands Investment

A $25 million Democratic National Committee initiative will seek to register voters and fight voter suppression, but it underscores Democrats’ challenges in their larger fight.

Texas Republicans Reveal Bills of Far-Reaching Voting Restrictions

In their second attempt to pass a sweeping elections overhaul, Republican lawmakers followed the broad outlines of the first, including a wide range of measures to limit voting access.

A Supreme Court Term Marked by a Conservative Majority in Flux

The chief justice’s power waned, and the three Trump justices grew more influential. The term ended with an exclamation point, with the court imposing new limits on the Voting Rights Act.