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Countering Violent Extremism: Time for the Administration to Get It Right
Today President Obama took the unusual step of chairing a meeting of the U.N. Security Council. He went seeking international support for the campaign against the group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including a U.S.-sponsored resolution that, among other things, urges governments to "counter violent extremism"—an approach that the United States is also taking here at home.
By By Zak Newman, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Television Directing’s Still a Boys Club
This blog was cross-posted from the ACLU of Southern California.
By By Melissa Goodman, National Security Project & Ariela Migdal, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Fearmongering NSA Reform
On June 5, 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world, providing proof that Americans were being spied on by their own government. Some praised him as a hero, others condemned him as a traitor, but there was general consensus that the NSA had severely overstepped its bounds.
By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Legislative Counsel
Three Years in a Cage. No Charges and No Lawyer.
Octavious Burks has been waiting for 10 months.
By By Brandon Buskey, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project
Hello, My Name Is NOT "Gaytard." How May I Help You?
I've been out to my family and friends since I was in the 5th grade. I'm not ashamed of being gay, and I don't hide who I am from anyone.
By By Tyler Brandt
Documents in ACLU Case Reveal More Detail on FBI Attempt to Cover Up Stingray Technology
What is used by dozens of local law enforcement agencies around the country, featured in numerous news stories, and discussed in court, yet treated by the FBI like it is top secret? That would be "Stingray" cell phone surveillance gear, of course.
By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Do Cops Really Need Tanks to Keep Us Safe?
This piece was originally published on The Crime Report.
By By Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice
Arizona’s Naked Photo Law Makes Free Speech a Felony
Which of the following could land you a felony conviction in Arizona?
By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
This Is What Happens When the Secretary of Defense is in Charge of Your Medical Care
When Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison on August 21, 2013, she was immediately worried that she would be denied desperately needed medical care for gender dysphoria.
By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
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