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Celebrating Black History Month and Protecting Voting Rights

Celebrating Black History Month and Protecting Voting Rights

02/14/2013 – Like many Americans who watched President Obama's State of the Union address, I was moved by Desiline Victor, the 102 year-old African American woman who was forced to endure a six hour ...

The Marijuana Fight Comes to Congress (Again)

The Marijuana Fight Comes to Congress (Again)

02/13/2013 – Washington and Colorado made big news on Election Day last year when residents voted to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana – could the federal government be next? ...

Radically Wrong: A Counterproductive Approach to Counterterrorism

Radically Wrong: A Counterproductive Approach to Counterterrorism

02/14/2013 – Governments often interpret radical ideas that challenge the existing social and political orthodoxy as threatening...

President Obama Shows No CISPA-like Invasion of Privacy Needed to Defend Critical Infrastructure

President Obama Shows No CISPA-like Invasion of Privacy Needed to Defend Critical Infrastructure

02/13/2013 – Last night the President signed an executive order (EO) aimed at ramping up the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure...

10 Goals for President Obama & The White House

10 Goals for President Obama & The White House

The Obama administration can achieve the following ten things in the first 100 days of the new term and earn the label of the 'civil liberties presidency.'

ACLU Campaigns

Since 9/11, the privacy rights of Americans have come under a sustained assault that would have been hard ...
A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the ...
America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal ...
Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice ...