Stories by Liliana Segura
Liliana Segura is an AlterNet staff writer and editor of Rights & Liberties and World Special Coverage. Follow her on Twitter.
Starbucks has become a popular gathering spot for some Second Amendment crusaders, but the company is pretending it doesn't have the power to keep them out.
Posted on Feb 9, 2010, Source: AlterNet
In a bizarre fundraising appeal, James O'Keefe's co-conspirator Hannah Giles claims ACORN is trying to 'destroy' her -- and invites you to donate $35 to $5,000 to her legal fund.
Posted on Feb 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet
With Super Bowl Sunday only a few days away, the fight over Focus on the Family's overtly anti-choice ad featuring University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is raging.
Posted on Feb 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
High-profile lawyer argues it's an impossible scenario that doctors would have suggested abortion as a viable option for Tebow in the first place.
Posted on Feb 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Obama is being forced to seek alternate venues for the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed after a revolt by local politicians, reigniting right-wing opposition to a civilian trial.
Posted on Jan 29, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Islamophobes in Congress like Joe Lieberman are trying to set the U.S. on a path to establish a different set of legal standards for Muslims.
Posted on Jan 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The Obama administration has selected some 50 Guantanamo prisoners to be held indefinitely, without charge or trial.
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
One expert calls the Citizens United decision 'the most radical and destructive campaign finance decision in the history of the Supreme Court.'
Posted on Jan 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet
After 23 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Michael Tillman, a victim of police torture, is finally free.
Posted on Jan 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A new book shows the power corporations wield over their employees has gone too far. It's time to take action.
Posted on Jan 11, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Politicians' claim that moving detainees to Illinois will create 3,000 jobs is a distraction from an ugly reality; Gitmo is not being closed, it is being moved onto U.S. soil.
Posted on Dec 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool.
Posted on Dec 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.
Posted on Nov 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?
Posted on Nov 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Two cases in the Supreme Court could alter the fates of over 2,500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.
Posted on Oct 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.
Posted on Oct 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Would a Human Sacrifice TV Channel be protected by the First Amendment? Answers to this and other key questions will be answered.
Posted on Oct 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy -- and now he's bringing his cause to the States.
Posted on Oct 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A hot new iPhone App uses GPS technology to track registered sex offenders everywhere. Are they keeping you safe, or profiting off paranoia?
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
While other states release low-risk, high-cost prisoners, CA officials want to jail another terminal prisoner, on taxpayers' dime.
Posted on Sep 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
With apparent psychos like Garrido wreaking havoc, it's hard for society to be reasonable about the thousands of people have been wrongly swept up by excessive sex offender laws.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
When judges take on airs and lash out in fits of whimsical bullying, innocent people can end up paying the price with jail time -- or their lives.
Posted on Aug 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Boston policeman who called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" had taken racial-sensitivity training classes. It's not clear they work.
Posted on Aug 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
There's no indication that getting hate crimes on the books actually prevents them.
Posted on Aug 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.
Posted on Jul 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Posted on Jul 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Francis Collins has defended practices derided by the God squad. But a man committed to reconciling faith and science brings back bad Bush memories.
Posted on Jul 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Alvaro Uribe could be re-elected through just the type of referendum the ousted Manuel Zelaya has been accused of trying to carry out.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Posted on Jun 27, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The transfer of four Uighur prisoners to Bermuda has been treated like a happy human-interest story, but the truth is far darker.
Posted on Jun 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
At AlterNet, I'm fighting for a society that doesn't victimize the innocent and vulnerable. To do it right, I need your support.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A surprising poll shows that by wide margins, Americans don't want to see Gitmo shut down -- here's why it should be closed forever.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Posted on Jun 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
How far is Obama going to roll back the legacy of Bush's torture policies?
Posted on May 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A teenage girl is strip-searched and gets snickered at by old men in robes for challenging it -- what's so funny about the Fourth Amendment?
Posted on May 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Abandoned animals and "foreclosure pets" are the innocent victims of our financial downward spiral.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.
Posted on Apr 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Posted on Apr 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
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