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Jul 21, 2014

The FBI’s Counterterrorism Sting Operations Are Counterproductive

This piece originally ran on Al Jazeera America.

Adel Daoud is...

By By Naureen Shah, ACLU Legislative Counsel

This piece originally ran on Al Jazeera America.

Adel Daoud is...

By By Naureen Shah, ACLU Legislative Counsel
Jul 17, 2014

Hobby Lobby and the Dignity of the Refused

Right now we are in a storm of contested rights, as businesses and institutions across the country ask for express legal permission to use religion to discriminate based on sexual orientation, sex, and...

By By Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU

Right now we are in a storm of contested rights, as businesses and institutions across the country ask for express legal permission to use religion to discriminate based on sexual orientation, sex, and...

By By Louise Melling, Director, Center of Liberty; Deputy Legal Director, ACLU
Jul 17, 2014

What to Expect When Your Employee's Expecting

Asia Myers was counting on the paycheck she earned at her job at a nursing home to buy supplies...

By By Ariela Migdal, ACLU Women's Rights Project

Asia Myers was counting on the paycheck she earned at her job at a nursing home to buy supplies...

By By Ariela Migdal, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Jul 16, 2014

Location Apps Sharing Data With Governments

Free Speech and Pluralism

(Update: correction below)

Forbes reported last week that...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

(Update: correction below)

Forbes reported last week that...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Jul 15, 2014

Fact-checking Representative Pittenger on NSA Reform

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Rep. Robert...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Rep. Robert...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Jul 14, 2014

Guantanámo Judge to Prosecution: Turn Over the Torture Evidence

Last month, a military judge dealt a significant blow to U.S. prosecutors' efforts to suppress torture evidence in the Guantanámo military commissions.

In a ...

By By Marcellene Hearn, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project

Last month, a military judge dealt a significant blow to U.S. prosecutors' efforts to suppress torture evidence in the Guantanámo military commissions.

In a ...

By By Marcellene Hearn, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project