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Mar 3, 2014

Police Hide Use of Cell Phone Tracker From Courts Because Manufacturer Asked

It appears that at least one police department in Florida has failed to tell judges about its use of a cell phone tracking device because the department got the device on loan and promised the manufacturer...

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

Feb 28, 2014

This Week in Civil Liberties (02/28/2014)

The police department of what U.S. city created a list "400 most dangerous people," not based on crimes they had committed, but on historic crime information, disturbance calls, suspicions reports, and...

By By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU

Feb 28, 2014

A Conversation With Trans Rights Activist Janet Mock

In a 2011 Marie Claire article, successful People.com editor Janet Mock, publicly told her story about growing up...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU & Keely Mullen

In a 2011 Marie Claire article, successful People.com editor Janet Mock, publicly told her story about growing up...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU & Keely Mullen

Feb 28, 2014

What Does It Take To Truly Be "My Brother's Keeper"

A year ago, Kyle Thompson a young, Black, freshman was led away from his school in handcuffs and...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program

A year ago, Kyle Thompson a young, Black, freshman was led away from his school in handcuffs and...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program

Feb 28, 2014

In South Dakota, The Wolf Has Lost Its Clothes

Next week, the South Dakota legislature is expected to pass HB 1162, a bill that ...

By By Shivana Jorawar, Esq., National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Next week, the South Dakota legislature is expected to pass HB 1162, a bill that ...

By By Shivana Jorawar, Esq., National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Feb 28, 2014

Discrimination Is Bad for Business. Worse, It’s Bad for People.

I’m an Arizona businessperson and, yes, profits are important to me. A thriving business needs solid financials but I believe it also needs something else: respect and a culture that encourages the fair...

By By Eric Crown