Issues

Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues in Alaska, and what you can do.

Featured Issues

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Transgender rights

LGBTQIA2S+ Rights

The ACLU of Alaska works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Immigrants' rights ACLU

Immigrants' Rights

The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status
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Criminal legal reform in Alaska

Criminal Legal Reform

We're committed to ensuring that Alaska's prisons and jails comply with the Constitution, domestic law, and human rights principles.

All Issues

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Alaska native rights

Alaska Native Rights

The ACLU of Alaska is committed to defending tribal sovereignty and the rights of Indigenous peoples to be free from discrimination and governmental abuse of power.
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Free speech

Free Speech

Protecting free speech means protecting a free press, the democratic process, diversity of thought, and so much more.
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Religious Liberty

Freedom of Religion

The ACLU of Alaska strives to safeguard the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty by ensuring that laws and governmental practices neither promote religion nor interfere with its free exercise.
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Housing and homelessness

Housing

Whether you live under a bridge or in a mansion makes no difference. In America, the Constitution applies to everybody.
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Privacy and technology

Privacy

The ACLU of Alaska works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.
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Abortion rights

Reproductive Rights

The ACLU of Alaska works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Voting rights in Alaska

Voting Rights

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest.