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Aug 15, 2014

Whistleblower Says CBP Has Culture of Impunity and Violence

Yesterday the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) published what it...

Yesterday the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) published what it...

Aug 15, 2014

Know Your Rights, Ferguson, Missouri

Outside of the Ferguson Police Department, protesters continue to exercise their right to protest in response to the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on Saturday. In a show of...

By By Alona Sistrunk, Communications and Development Associate, ACLU of Missouri

Outside of the Ferguson Police Department, protesters continue to exercise their right to protest in response to the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on Saturday. In a show of...

By By Alona Sistrunk, Communications and Development Associate, ACLU of Missouri
Aug 14, 2014

America's Real Patriots Fought to Expose and End Torture

This was originally published in The Los Angeles Times.

After more than a...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy

This was originally published in The Los Angeles Times.

After more than a...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy
Aug 14, 2014

Parents of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis Share Their Loss at the United Nations

Sitting in meetings in the United Nation's ornate Wilson Palace by the shores of Lake Geneva in the shadow of the Alps seems an odd place to discuss racial discrimination in the United States.

But...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program

Sitting in meetings in the United Nation's ornate Wilson Palace by the shores of Lake Geneva in the shadow of the Alps seems an odd place to discuss racial discrimination in the United States.

But...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Aug 14, 2014

To Terrify and Occupy

This piece originally ran on TomDispatch and was completed before Michael Brown, an...

By By Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU

This piece originally ran on TomDispatch and was completed before Michael Brown, an...

By By Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU
Aug 13, 2014

Send the ACLU to SXSW!

What kind of content do YOU think should be featured at one of the biggest technology events of the year?

SXSW Interactive gives the public a substantial say in its programming. This past March, our...

By Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union

What kind of content do YOU think should be featured at one of the biggest technology events of the year?

SXSW Interactive gives the public a substantial say in its programming. This past March, our...

By Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union