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Mar 25, 2014

Obama's NSA Proposal Reveals a Broken Oversight System

This piece originally ran at the Guardian.

To anyone who criticized the...

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

This piece originally ran at the Guardian.

To anyone who criticized the...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy
Mar 25, 2014

Invasion of the Data Snatchers: Big Data and the Internet of Things Means the Surveillance of Everything

This piece originally ran at TomDispatch.com.

Estimates vary, but by 2020 there could be over ...

By By Catherine Crump, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project

This piece originally ran at TomDispatch.com.

Estimates vary, but by 2020 there could be over ...

By By Catherine Crump, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
Mar 25, 2014

Bureau of Prisons Has Great New Look for Spring

Despite the never-ending polar vortex, spring is in the air. From cleaning out your fridge to busting out your warm weather wardrobe for the first time in six months, spring is a time for change for the...

By By Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Despite the never-ending polar vortex, spring is in the air. From cleaning out your fridge to busting out your warm weather wardrobe for the first time in six months, spring is a time for change for the...

By By Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Mar 25, 2014

Local Police in Florida Acting Like They’re the CIA (But They’re Not)

Free Speech and Pluralism

The City of Sunrise, Florida, tried to take a page from the CIA’s anti-transparency playbook last week when it...

By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

The City of Sunrise, Florida, tried to take a page from the CIA’s anti-transparency playbook last week when it...

By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Mar 25, 2014

Only in America: 16-Year-Old Locked Up for the Rest of His Life

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By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program

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By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program
Mar 25, 2014

How I'm Celebrating Gloria Steinem's Birthday

What would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?

The answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy,...

By By Diana Scholl, Communications Strategist, ACLU

What would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?

The answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy,...

By By Diana Scholl, Communications Strategist, ACLU