Paul Holdengräber is joined by Anthony Romero, the Executive Director of the ACLU, on episode 089 of the Quarantine Tapes. Anthony and Paul discuss the work the ACLU has been doing in recent weeks, including their suits challenging federal agents’ treatment of protestors in Portland, Oregon. In their conversation, Anthony reflects on his years with the ACLU, and offers his perspective on what has changed—and what hasn’t—under the Trump administration. Paul and Anthony end the episode by considering their hopes and fears for the future and discussing the role that the ACLU will play in defending civil liberties under this president and the next.Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, the nation's premier defender of civil liberties. Born in New York City to parents who hailed from Puerto Rico, Romero was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He is a graduate of Stanford University Law School and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs. He is a member of the New York Bar Association and has sat on numerous nonprofit boards.Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team