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AT&T's First Transparency Report Reveals Warrantless Demands for Customer Data
This was originally posted by the ACLU of Northern California.
By By Matthew Cagle, Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Attorney,, ACLU of Northern California
While My Grandfather Fought in WWII, My Grandmother Was Locked in a U.S. Concentration Camp
This piece was originally published on In These Times.
By Carl Takei, ACLU National Prison Project
The Voters of Cranston, Rhode Island, Deserve to be Treated Equally
Imagine that you were treated as three-fourths of a person in every aspect of your daily life. When you want to binge-watch House of Cards on Netflix, you're only allowed to watch the first three-fourths of the season. When you buy a cup of Starbucks coffee, you get three-fourths of a cup. When you get a paycheck, you're paid three-fourths of what your coworkers are paid. And when you go into the polling booth to cast your vote, your vote is only counted as three-fourths of a vote.
By By Sean Young, Staff Attorney, ACLU
State High Courts Realize It's Not 1986 Anymore, Broaden Privacy Protections
This was posted to privacysos.org.
By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project
Millions of Americans Are Cut Out of Our Democracy
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his support for restoring voting rights to citizens who have committed a felony, once they have served their prison term, completed parole or probation, and paid any restitution fines. While the ACLU believes rights should be restored automatically upon release from prison and being too poor to pay fines shouldn't leave you without a voice in our democracy, this is an important step in the right direction.
By By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU
For U.S. Citizen Caught in Immigration Web, a Step Towards Justice
Should a mother have to spend the night in a jail cell – with no warrant, no probable cause, and no opportunity to contest her detention – just because the feds want to investigate her immigration status? We think the answer is clearly no. Wednesday the federal district court in Rhode Island agreed, issuing an important decision in the case of Ada Morales, a U.S. citizen who has been unlawfully jailed by Rhode Island authorities on two separate occasions based on invalid immigration detainers.
By By Kate Desormeau, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
This Week in Civil Liberties (2/14/2014)
At what age was James Burns when he first held in solitary confinement?
By By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
What Have We Learned from the Spies of Mississippi?
The documentary film "Spies of Mississippi," which aired on PBS on Monday, is a grim reminder of the depths that Mississippi authorities plumbed in their efforts to subvert the civil rights movement. The film chronicles the role of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a secret, state-funded agency established by the Mississippi legislature in 1956. Using a range of spy tactics, the Commission sought to maintain racial segregation, preserve Jim Crow laws, and prevent "federal encroachment" in Mississippi.
By By Hugh Handeyside, Staff Attorney, ACLU, National Security Project
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