Civil Liberties

When Was the Last Time Someone Made a Case for Justifiable Homicide of a Suburban White Kid for Smoking Pot?

By Sharda Sekaran / AlterNet

In order to address racism, we must confront the drug war.

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Police Chief Uploads YouTube Videos Firing Weapons, Ranting About "Libtards" and Calling for Militia Activism

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Thank You Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse

By Nathan Schneider / University of California Press

No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life

By Charlotte Silver / AlterNet

The Trial That Is the Obama Admin's Greatest Shame

By Alec Karakatsanis / The Guardian

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Civil Liberties

Did the Prosecutor Screw Up in the Zimmerman Case?

William Boardman / Reader Supported News

Plans for 50th Anniversary of MLK's March on Washington Revamped After Zimmerman Acquittal

Paul Lewis / The Guardian

Feminism, Coups, and Democracies in Egypt

Zillah Eisenstein / Al Jazeera

Why the Phrase "Black-on-Black Crime" Suggests Inherent Criminality

Jamelle Bouie / The American Prospect

"Justice for Trayvon" Rallies in 100 Cities Across USA (Video)

Oscar León / The Real News Network

Blacks Who "Stand Their Ground" Are Often Imprisoned

Zenitha Prince / New American Media

New Film Shows U.S.-Backed Indonesian Death Squad Leaders Re-enacting Massacres

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Goodbye to my American Dream

Tiffanie Drayton / Salon

Obama’s Safe, Overrated and Airy Comments on the Trayvon Martin Affair

Rich Benjamin / Salon

Here Come the Drone Wars in America -- The Public vs. Overzealous Police

Charlotte Silver / Al Jazeera English

Arkansas Police Beat Man So Hard His Teeth Fell Out, Man Claims in Court

Courthouse News

4 of America’s Most Abusive Prosecutors

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The Seeds of Rebellion Are Taking Root, and Protests Against Injustices Are Blooming Across the Country

Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers / AlterNet

University President in Indiana Tried to Censor Howard Zinn's 'People's History of the United States'

April M. Short / AlterNet

As Many as 27 Death Penalty Convictions Based on Forensic Errors? There Could Be More to Come

Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

Surveillance State: Appeals Court Says Obama Administration Can Indefinitely Detain Americans

Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

The Evil New 'Stand Your Ground' Law That Made the Killing of Trayvon Martin Permissible

Thom Hartmann / AlterNet

'Dear Edward Snowden, I Am Moved by Your Choice and I Fear for You'

Rebecca Solnit / TomDispatch

Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Outlaw Oral Sex—Yup, That Includes Between Married Couples

Josh Israel / ThinkProgress

They’re Watching Us Drive Now

Jillian Rayfield / Salon

Another Trayvon Martin Is Killed Every 28 Hours in This Country

Amy Goodman, Michelle Alexander, Kali Akuno / Democracy Now!

White, Right-Wing Racism Is Alive and Well in the USA

Robert Parry / Consortium News

Florida's Racist Legacy: Man Was Arrested for Having a Stroke While Black, Left to Die on Jail Floor

Kristina40 / Daily Kos

Judge Rules Cop Who Shot and Killed Unarmed 14-year-old Hiding in a Woodshed After a Fistfight May Have Used Excessive Force

Bonnie Baron / Courthouse News

How the FBI Uses Rapists and Child Molesters to Entrap Gullible People in Terror Stings

Trevor Aaronson / Ig Publishing

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