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Sep 23, 2014

This Is What Happens When the Secretary of Defense is in Charge of Your Medical Care

When Chelsea Manning was sentenced to ...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU

When Chelsea Manning was sentenced to ...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
Sep 22, 2014

Government Placing Itself at Top of New Air Travel Caste System

Free Speech and Pluralism

A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that the government is going easy on itself when it comes to aviation security...

By By Hugh Handeyside, Staff Attorney, ACLU, National Security Project

A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that the government is going easy on itself when it comes to aviation security...

By By Hugh Handeyside, Staff Attorney, ACLU, National Security Project
Sep 22, 2014

Fighting for Captain Underpants

"Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants." "Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman." "Captain Underpants and the Farty Fight for Free Speech." Okay fine, I made...

By By Samia Hossain, William J. Brennan Fellow, ACLU Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project

"Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants." "Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman." "Captain Underpants and the Farty Fight for Free Speech." Okay fine, I made...

By By Samia Hossain, William J. Brennan Fellow, ACLU Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project
Sep 19, 2014

A Mother Landed in Jail for Trying to Help Her Daughter. And She Might Not Be the Last.

Earlier this month, a judge sentenced a Pennsylvania mother to up to a year and a half in...

By By Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project

Earlier this month, a judge sentenced a Pennsylvania mother to up to a year and a half in...

By By Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project
Sep 19, 2014

Gay People Raising Kids: From Our Downfall To Our Salvation

It used to be that the idea of gay people raising kids spooked lots of people, who thought of us only as pedophiles, not as parents. In fact, we lost a long series of court cases about the freedom to marry...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

It used to be that the idea of gay people raising kids spooked lots of people, who thought of us only as pedophiles, not as parents. In fact, we lost a long series of court cases about the freedom to marry...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
Sep 18, 2014

Apple Throws Down Privacy Gauntlet

Free Speech and Pluralism

Apple made big news today by announcing that they are no longer able to...

By By Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project

Apple made big news today by announcing that they are no longer able to...

By By Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project