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What Is Progress Worth If We Lose What Sustains Us?
For Native American Heritage Month, Oklahoma must ask who gets to shape the future of its land, water, and communities.
Oklahoma Voters Deserve Confidence Ballots Will be Counted
Protecting our elections is about more than any single candidate or political party. It is about protecting the democratic process that allows every eligible Oklahoman to participate.
It Takes All of Us: The Fight Against Trump’s Detention Camps
The ACLU and its partners recently sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security condemning the deplorable conditions inside Diamondback Correctional Facility.
Summary of HB 1775 Lawsuit and Key Points for Oklahoma K-12 Teachers and Students
In October 2021, a multiracial group of Oklahoma students, parents, and faculty filed a federal lawsuit challenging H.B. 1775.1 H.B. 1775 is a classroom censorship law that severely restricted teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma public education. The law has two sections: the first applies to colleges and universities, and the second applies to K-12 schools.
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Sep 30, 2026
ACLU and Partners Urge Diamondback Correctional Facility to Address Abusive and Unlawful Conditions of Confinement in Immigration Detention
Earlier today, immigrants’ rights advocates sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security condemning the deplorable conditions inside Diamondback Correctional Facility.
Sep 10, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Says That Race, Gender Instruction Are Not Censored in Oklahoma Classrooms
The case was the first to challenge the kinds of educational censorship laws that have spread across the country since 2021
Aug 18, 2026
ACLU of Oklahoma Responds to Oklahoma City Council’s Vote to Renew Flock Contract
In response to today’s Oklahoma City Council’s vote to renew their contract with Flock, which sells AI-powered surveillance cameras to police departments and lawmakers as automatic license plate readers and shares that data widely, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement.
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Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest. The ACLU works to protect and expand Americansʼ freedom to vote.
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We are seeking attorneys admitted or eligible for admission to practice in the Western District of Oklahoma to file and litigate habeas claims on behalf of detained immigrants, with the goal of obtaining release on bond.
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