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The Army Is Making Me Choose Between My Faith and My Country

The Army Is Making Me Choose Between My Faith and My Country

11/12/2014 – All my life, I've dreamed of serving my country. But when I tried to enlist in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at Hofstra University, I was told I couldn't because ...

Father of Mike Brown: "If I Could Have Stood Between Officer Wilson’s Gun and My Son, I Would Have."
Terrorist or...Teenager?

Terrorist or...Teenager?

11/13/2014 – This piece originally ran on Slate.com on November 12, 2014. Growing up in Texas as a Muslim, I often felt different and apart. But I also felt the same. My parents and their friends ...

I Was Arrested for Voting

I Was Arrested for Voting

11/07/2014 – On Election Day in 2013, I took my four children with me to watch me register to vote and cast my ballot in a city election in my small town in Iowa. Earlier that day, my daughter's ...

A Choice No Mother Should Have to Make

A Choice No Mother Should Have to Make

11/13/2014 – In September, the ACLU wrote a letter on behalf of Meghan McInerney, a medical doctor doing her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, a sub-specialty of internal medicine. ...

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Rein in the Surveillance State

The National Security Agency's mass surveillance has greatly expanded in the years since September 11, ...

Smart Justice, Fair Justice

For the last four decades, this country has relentlessly expanded the size of our criminal justice ...

Border Communities Under Siege

The U.S.-Mexico border has been turned into a militarized zone, all in the name of "border security."

Get Ready to Vote!

Not sure what you need to vote? Search voting issues by state to get ready. Make sure you're ...