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Nov 7, 2014

If America Is Going to Reveal the Truth About Torture, Obama Must End Gitmo’s Cover-Up Court

This piece originally appeared at The Guardian.

When the Senate's...

By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU

This piece originally appeared at The Guardian.

When the Senate's...

By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
Nov 6, 2014

Uncle Sam's Databases of Suspicion

This piece originally ran at TomDispatch.com.

It began with an unexpected rapping...

By By Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU National Security Project & Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU

This piece originally ran at TomDispatch.com.

It began with an unexpected rapping...

By By Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU National Security Project & Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU
Nov 6, 2014

The Fight to Take Back Our Genes Moves to Canada

The fight against gene patents has migrated north.

In the first challenge to gene patents in Canada, the Children's Hospital of Eastern...

By By Sandra S. Park, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project

The fight against gene patents has migrated north.

In the first challenge to gene patents in Canada, the Children's Hospital of Eastern...

By By Sandra S. Park, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Nov 5, 2014

Keep it Simple With Net Neutrality

Free Speech and Pluralism

Chairman Tom Wheeler at the Federal Communications Commission is moving in the right direction toward true net neutrality. He deserves some plaudits for abandoning the deeply flawed proposal put forward...

By By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Chairman Tom Wheeler at the Federal Communications Commission is moving in the right direction toward true net neutrality. He deserves some plaudits for abandoning the deeply flawed proposal put forward...

By By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Nov 4, 2014

Yep, Uncle Sam Still Wants to Log Your Calls

Today, in a hushed courtroom in Washington, D.C., not far from the now-empty halls of Congress, a federal appeals court heard arguments in Klayman v. Obama, a challenge to the NSA's bulk collection...

By By Rachel Nusbaum, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Today, in a hushed courtroom in Washington, D.C., not far from the now-empty halls of Congress, a federal appeals court heard arguments in Klayman v. Obama, a challenge to the NSA's bulk collection...

By By Rachel Nusbaum, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Nov 4, 2014

Ferguson's No-Media Zone Extended to the Skies

It appears the Federal Aviation Administration may have fallen into the "constitutional...

By By Sonia Roubini, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

It appears the Federal Aviation Administration may have fallen into the "constitutional...

By By Sonia Roubini, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project