News & Commentary
The U.N. Puts America on the Hot Seat for Torture
The eyes of the international community will be focused on the United States this week. Government representatives will appear before the U.N. Committee against Torture to defend U.S. compliance with the anti-torture treaty the United States ratified 20 years ago.
By By Jamil Dakwar, Director, ACLU Human Rights Program
If America Is Going to Reveal the Truth About Torture, Obama Must End Gitmo’s Cover-Up Court
This piece originally appeared at The Guardian.
By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
Uncle Sam's Databases of Suspicion
This piece originally ran at TomDispatch.com.
By By Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU National Security Project & Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU
The Fight to Take Back Our Genes Moves to Canada
The fight against gene patents has migrated north.
By By Sandra S. Park, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Keep it Simple With Net Neutrality
Chairman Tom Wheeler at the Federal Communications Commission is moving in the right direction toward true net neutrality. He deserves some plaudits for abandoning the deeply flawed proposal put forward last May, which would have allowed broadband providers to create fast lanes on the internet for those who can pay (and traffic jams for the rest of us).
By By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Yep, Uncle Sam Still Wants to Log Your Calls
Today, in a hushed courtroom in Washington, D.C., not far from the now-empty halls of Congress, a federal appeals court heard arguments in Klayman v. Obama, a challenge to the NSA's bulk collection of telephone metadata first revealed by Edward Snowden. If you have ever made a phone call, or received a phone call, this case has implications for your personal privacy and you should pay close attention to what happens next.
By By Rachel Nusbaum, Media Strategist, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Ferguson's No-Media Zone Extended to the Skies
It appears the Federal Aviation Administration may have fallen into the "constitutional sinkhole" that is Ferguson, Missouri.
By By Sonia Roubini, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
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