Untying Knots

Frontline Defenders: The ACLU and the Fight for Civil Rights in 2025

Episode Summary

It’s 2025, and the fight to protect civil rights in the United States is as urgent as ever. In this final episode, Untying Knots speaks with Deborah Archer, President of the ACLU and Associate Dean and Professor at NYU School of Law, about the current landscape of attacks on civil liberties in the U.S. and the tireless efforts of the ACLU to uphold protections for Americans. President Archer also shares insights from her new groundbreaking book, Dividing Lines, on the deep ties between systemic racism and American infrastructure, offering critical lessons for today’s movement for justice. In this final dispatch of the podcast, Erica and Nikhil reflect on five years of conversation—across issues, sectors, movements, and leaders. From the Untying Knots team: Thank you to all of our listeners who have joined over these last 5 years. May we continue to undo knots of systemic oppression and tie new ones of solidarity and justice.

Episode Notes

It’s 2025, and the fight to protect civil rights in the United States is as urgent as ever. In this final episode, Untying Knots speaks with Deborah Archer, President of the ACLU and Associate Dean and Professor at NYU School of Law, about the current landscape of attacks on civil liberties in the U.S. and the tireless efforts of the ACLU to uphold protections for Americans. President Archer also shares insights from her new groundbreaking book, Dividing Lines, on the deep ties between systemic racism and American infrastructure, offering critical lessons for today’s movement for justice. In this final dispatch of the podcast, Erica and Nikhil reflect on five years of conversation—across issues, sectors, movements, and leaders.

From the Untying Knots team: Thank you to all of our listeners who have joined over these last 5 years. May we continue to undo knots of systemic oppression and tie new ones of solidarity and justice.