ACLU of Texas

10/23/2026

Ready, set, VOTE 🏃💨

From DFW to the RGV, we’re partnering with run clubs across the state to make sure eligible Texans have the voting rights information they need.

Vote early now until Friday, October 30. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.

Visit aclutx.org/vote to learn more.

10/22/2026

Did we read that correctly 🧐🤨

Sure did!

The same politicians censoring what students can read are pushing a Bible-based curriculum into classrooms — and using our taxpayer dollars to do it.

Public school districts across Texas are being offered a financial incentive if they adopt the state’s Bluebonnet Curriculum. Bluebonnet’s English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) curriculum has been widely opposed by educators, parents, and students for embedding biblical teachings into lessons, privileging Christianity over other religions, and erasing history about slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.

Since adopting Bluebonnet is optional, we’ve created a resource that you can use to urge your school district to reject the Bluebonnet ELAR curriculum.

Our public schools shouldn’t have to choose between imposing state-sponsored religion and getting funding their students need and deserve.

Visit this link for more info: https://www.aclutx.org/publications/bluebonnet-blues-talking-points-for-texans-to-advocate-against-the-bluebonnet-curriculum/

10/21/2026

Our final In The Margins book club gathering of 2026 is coming up. 👀

Join us and the ACLU of Washington virtually on Saturday, November 21 at noon CT. Our discussion will center Indigenous Justice and the award-winning novel "There There" by Tommy Orange.

Sign up: https://secure.ngpvan.com/ZbppJdzAaUObTa5sVdEZsg2

10/21/2026

🚨 REMINDER: Did you register to vote but you're not showing up on the voter rolls? You may be eligible to vote a provisional ballot.

📢 You can vote early now through Friday, October 30, or on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.

Know your rights and share this widely: aclutx.org/vote

10/20/2026

TEXANS: Protect our right to vote by becoming a poll monitor.

Poll monitors are trained volunteers who observe, report, and help address problems at polling locations over a 3-hour shift.

Join us for a virtual training session TONIGHT. Spanish interpretation is available.

You can help protect our right to vote. Nonpartisan poll monitors in Texas ensure eligible voters know how to cast their ballots and that their votes are counted. Training is short and simple: Watch the recorded training and take the quiz. Whether it's your first time voting or your tenth, the proce...

10/20/2026

Another Texas man has died in ICE detention.

Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias lived in Dallas for decades and worked as a contractor painting homes.

He had a heart condition, diabetes, and high blood pressure. While in detention, the 56-year-old father was denied his medications and was found unresponsive in his cell.

He is the second person to die in the Laredo ICE facility this year.

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

10/19/2026

🚨 EARLY VOTING BEGINS TODAY IN TEXAS! 🚨

By showing up to the polls this election, we can demand an equal say in the decisions that shape our lives and choose leaders who provide real solutions.

Skip the line and vote early starting today through Oct. 30. For more information, visit aclutx.org/vote.

10/18/2026

“365 Days of Camp East Montana” — an art exhibition created by activists and former detainees — is bringing national attention to the dehumanizing living conditions at Camp East Montana in El Paso.

For over a year, people have endured unhygienic conditions, medical neglect, guard violence, and degrading treatment at this detention camp located on the Fort Bliss military base.

This cruelty must end, and we and partners are suing to ensure that happens.

Groups, organizations, advocates, and leaders can email [email protected] to schedule an appointment to visit the installation.

10/16/2026

NEW: We’re urging a federal judge to end ICE’s continued abuses at Camp East Montana.

For over a year, people have endured unhygienic conditions, medical neglect, guard violence, and degrading treatment at this detention camp located on the Fort Bliss military base.

Following expert reports of a deficient and dangerous healthcare system, groups are seeking immediate relief for dangerous conditions, including medical neglect, violence from staff, and inadequate access to food

10/14/2026

Grand Prairie ISD has a problem with actors gender-bending roles in a play about... *checks notes*
..a giant plant that can talk and craves human blood.

Got it, got it.

Cancelling a play because you don’t want a girl to play the lead is unconstitutional. Period.

Ana Mota was thrilled when she landed the lead role in her high school’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. Then she learned the district was taking away her part.