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The Torture Secrets Are Coming
Once you've seen the Abu Ghraib photos, they're not easily forgotten.
By By Marcellene Hearn, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project
Senate Democrats: Refugee Mothers and Children "Should Not Be Treated Like Criminals."
In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson yesterday, 10 Democratic senators, including all of the party's leaders, wrote: "Mothers and their children who have fled violence in their home countries should not be treated like criminals."
By By Joanne Lin, Washington Legislative Office
Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There.
Misti Barrickman has scoliosis. Since she was a teenager, it's been debilitating. It hurt to lie down. It hurt to stand up.
By By Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice
On the Creation of Giant Voiceprint Databases
The Associated Press ran a story (along with two sidebars) this week on the use of voiceprints by big banks and other institutions. Those companies say they are using the technology to fight fraud, but in the process they are apparently compiling large databases of voiceprints without customers' knowledge or permission.
By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
A Ray of Hope for Women in the Lone Star State: Victory in the Supreme Court
At 7:15 on Tuesday night, we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked enforcement of part of the notorious Texas law that had shuttered 80 percent of the state’s abortion clinics.
By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Treat Ebola as a Public Health Issue, Not a National Security Matter
Since the government announced the introduction of new Ebola screening measures at border checkpoints at five U.S. airports, we’ve been getting queries asking what our position is on such measures from a civil liberties standpoint.
By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
You Can't "De-Gay" Our GSA
My school, South Garland High School in Garland, Texas, is really large and diverse. It’s also right outside of Dallas, so it’s not like the fact that gay people exist is something new here. But I do still sometimes hear the word “faggot” thrown around in the hallway.
By By Joshua Kilburn
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