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Feb 12, 2014

Court Rules Feds Need Warrant to Access Drug Prescriptions Database

Free Speech and Pluralism

In a significant win for the privacy rights of anyone who has ever gotten a drug...

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

In a significant win for the privacy rights of anyone who has ever gotten a drug...

By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Feb 12, 2014

Her is Oscar Nominated – Why Isn’t She?

Hollywood's annual awards season culminates with the Academy Awards, a night honoring the best films and performances of the year. This year, all five directors nominated for the Best Director award are...

By By Emily Carter, Legal Assistant, Women's Rights Project, ACLU

Hollywood's annual awards season culminates with the Academy Awards, a night honoring the best films and performances of the year. This year, all five directors nominated for the Best Director award are...

By By Emily Carter, Legal Assistant, Women's Rights Project, ACLU
Feb 12, 2014

Big Data, George Orwell, and Tanks

Free Speech and Pluralism

I recently came across an interesting passage by George Orwell. It made me think about Big Data.

It is a...

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

I recently came across an interesting passage by George Orwell. It made me think about Big Data.

It is a...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Feb 12, 2014

Remembering Larry King

We live in freedom by necessity. We must reshape our world. We must love one another, or die.

--Vijay Prashad, ...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU

We live in freedom by necessity. We must reshape our world. We must love one another, or die.

--Vijay Prashad, ...

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
Feb 11, 2014

Five Surveillance Myths Stalling NSA Reform, Debunked

These piece ran originally at The Guardian.

As you cruise the internet,...

By By Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

These piece ran originally at The Guardian.

As you cruise the internet,...

By By Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Feb 11, 2014

ACLU Defends Nonprofit Free Speech

Political speech regulation remains an incredibly complex and contentious issue in our government, and there is plenty of legitimate concern about the recent influx of big, outside money in modern...

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

Political speech regulation remains an incredibly complex and contentious issue in our government, and there is plenty of legitimate concern about the recent influx of big, outside money in modern...

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