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Living Under Surveillance at the Border – for What?
As a fourth-generation Arizona rancher I have a strong attachment to the land my great grandfather homesteaded back in 1896. But ever since the US government built the border fence and sent thousands of Border Patrol agents to the Southwest, my property rights are violated every day.
By By John Ladd
Guantánamo Dispatch: A Hard-Earned Trust in Peril
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — What would it take for you to trust a stranger with your life?
By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project
The Long and Short of Voting Lines in North Carolina
We know that cuts to early voting are bad for voters. But just how bad are they?
By By Faith Barksdale, Legal Assistant, ACLU
After 17 Years, I'm Bringing My Little Sister Home from Prison
When we were little, we used to tell our mama she had good ears. My little sister and I would whisper under the covers in our bed after lights out, and somehow mom could always hear us. She'd tell us to quit talking and go to sleep.
By By Wendy George, Sister of commuted life-without-parole prisoner, Stephanie George
Photographers' Rights At Issue As Arizona Community Rises Up Against "Occupying Army" of Border Patrol Agents
The ACLU of Arizona today sent a letter to the U.S. Border Patrol demanding that the agency immediately stop interfering with the First Amendment rights of the residents of Arivaca, Arizona, to protest and to photograph government activities that are in plain view on a public street.
By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Why Everyone Should Read This Week's Cosmo. No, Seriously.
This isn't a blog about the top ten kissing tips for spring. And it's not a blog making fun of the magazine that usually delivers such tips. This is a blog applauding Cosmopolitan for taking a firm stance against criminalizing pregnant women. Well done.
By By Sarah Solon, Communications Strategist, ACLU
How Racial Bias Corrupts Juries
This piece originally appeared on Salon.
By By Barry Scheck, Co-Director, The Innocence Project
NYPD Shutters Muslim Mapping Unit – But What About Other Tactics?
The New York Police Department is disbanding the unit that mapped New York’s Muslim communities, their places of worship, and businesses they frequent – based on nothing but their religious beliefs and associations. To this we say: Good Riddance.
By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU
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