at liberty podcast

At Liberty is a podcast that explores the most pressing civil rights and civil liberties questions of our time. New episodes air biweekly on Fridays.

President Trump often demonizes entire immigrant groups, referring to Mexican people as rapists and undocumented immigrants as animals. Yet statistics show that immigrants, both undocumented and otherwise, are actually less likely to commit crimes than...

The United States sends more people to prison or jail than any other nation in the world. DonaldTrump pledged to betoughon crime, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pushedto reinvigorate the war on drugs. They'recontributing...

On Aug.12, 2017, a group of white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia. The day was a disaster, with violence in the streets and Heather Heyer murdered by a man who drove his car into a...

It seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere these days in our homes, in our cars, in our offices, and of course online. Government decisions, too, are being outsourced to computer code. In one Pennsylvania...

In recent months, Black Americans have had the cops called on them for things like waiting in Starbucks, entering their own dorm rooms, moving into their own apartments, and barbecuing in a public park. Why...

The 14th Amendment, ratified exactly 150 years ago, promises equal protection to everyone. But its also used to strip the right to vote from millions of Americans who have been convicted of felonies. How did...

On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the creation of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors discusses the life that led her to co-found one of the most consequential racial justice movements of our time....

An eventful Supreme Court session just came to a close. This year, the court handed down major decisions on partisan gerrymandering, warrantless searches and seizures, union dues, the religious rights of business owners, and the...

Lee Gelernt has been fighting Trumps family separation policy since early this year, months before it became the subject of national outrage. Thousands of children remain separated from their parents, despite the presidents executive order...

After 12 years at the center of a heated national debate about abortion rights and womens healthcare, Cecile Richards recently stepped down as the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She joins At...