Civil Liberties

Michael Moore: How My Friend and Current Oscar Nominee Was Held and Threatened with Deportation at LAX

By Michael Moore / AlterNet

More signs of troubling anti-Islamic behavior by federal customs officials.

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GOP Activists Behind Three Troubling Supreme Court Cases Aimed at Dismantling Our Democracy

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Mississippi Finally 'Officially' Banned Slavery -- But It's Alive and Well in America and the Rest of the World

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Did Detroit Area Cops Send Transgender Teen to her Death?

By Jack Bouboushian / Courthouse News

5 Times Police Killed People with Mental Disabilities

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects GOP Voter Supression Tactic

The Dangers of Corporations Controlling National Secrets

Unprecedented Coalition Pushes Back on Government’s Domestic Spying

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Civil Liberties

What Could Go Wrong? White House to Partner With Big Business to Combat 'Online Radicalization'

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Glenn Greenwald: How Can Anyone Still Believe That America Is the Greatest Country on Earth?

Glenn Greenwald / Comment Is Free

Arrested for Your Politics in America? It's Already Happening

Charlotte Silver / Al Jazeera

Which Countries Helped the CIA With Their Dirty Torture Work and Which Didn't?

Greg Grandin / TomDispatch

When Prostitution Wasn't a Crime: The Fascinating History of Sex Work in America

Melissa Gira Grant / AlterNet

Full-Body Pat-Downs in America's Schools: How the War on Drugs Is a War on Children

Patricia J. Williams / The Nation

Meet 6 Politicians Getting Rich from America's Endless Wars

John Knefel / AlterNet

The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State

Chris Hedges / Truthdig

Why the LAPD's Hunt for Dorner Is Indefensible

David Cay Johnston / Salon

Two New Polls Obscure American Views of Obama's Drone Program

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Work is Becoming More Like Prison As Some Workers Forced to Wear Electronic Bands That Track Everything They Do (Including Bathroom Breaks)

Tana Ganeva / AlterNet

What Are My Rights When Marijuana Is Legal?

Scott Morgan / Flex Your Rights

15-Year-Old Girl Raped, Police Dismiss the Case Because Victim and Attackers Have "Low IQs"

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Are We Living in a Police State?

David Sirota / Salon

Gang of Cops Allegedly Steal $5,000 From Man’s Grandmother

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Wanted for Killing 3, Christopher Dorner’s Claims of Racism, Corruption Resonate with LAPD’s Critics

Amy Goodman, Davey D / Democracy Now

Michael Moore and Chris Hedges on the 'Corporate Coup d’État' and the Govt's Moves to Jail People without Charges or Trial

Amy Goodman, Michael Moore, Chris Hedges / Democracy Now!

The Creepy, Intrusive Ways You're Being Spied on at Work

John Gilliom, Torin Monahan Monahan / University of Chicago Press

Oops -- Voter ID Pimp John Fund Accidentally Demonstrates The Vanishing Rarity Of Voter Fraud, Simon Malloy MMA

Simon Malloy / Media Matters for America

Aurora Shooting Victims Now Being Harassed By Gun-Nut Conspiracy Theorists

Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon.com

Scary Flashes of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars in the LAPD's Manhunt for Chris Dorner

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Will John Brennan Answer for His Support of Massive NYPD Surveillance of Muslims?

Tana Ganeva / AlterNet

CA Shooter: 'I am a Man Who Has Lost Complete Faith in the System'

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Maryland Middle School Promotes Ex-Gay Therapy To Students

Zack Ford / Think Progress

5 Crucial Questions Senators Failed to Ask During Brennan Hearings

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

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