Civil Liberties

2012: The Second-Worst Year for Abortion Rights Since Roe

By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

The GOP can't stop, won't stop, restricting a woman's right to choose.

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Outrage: Texas Women Cavity Searched by Police Over Alleged Marijuana Smell

By Russ Belville / AlterNet

Paranoia Feeding American Gun Culture

By Rene Ciria-Cruz / New America Media

When Traffic Stops Go Bad -- How Cops Demean Black and Brown Men

By Jarrette Fellows Jr. / New America Media

New Outrageous Lie from NRA: Gun Silencers Protect Kids' Hearing

By Alexander Zaitchik / Salon

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NYPD Stops of (Mostly) People of Color Wrong 90 Percent of the Time: 'High Error Rate,' Judge Says

4 Inhumane Realities about the Guantanamo Hunger Strike

Arresting a Teen Girl for Dozing Off in Class? Why Normal Kid Behavior Is Treated As a Crime or Psychiatric Disorder

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Civil Liberties

5 Ways GOP Tried to Subvert Democracy in 2012 -- And They'll Try Again

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

How Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat

Kim Barker / ProPublica

The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal "Counterterrorism" Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days

Juan Gonzalez, Amy Goodman / Democracy Now

D.C. Cops Take Aim At NBC's David Gregory; Gun Nuts Go After CNN's Piers Morgan

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Armed Guards in Schools? The NRA Wants a Police State

Robert Parry / Consortium News

3/4ths of States Ignore Mental Illness Background Checks For Gun Buyers

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The Spy State Tightens its Grip

David Rosen / AlterNet

Misreading the Right to Bear Arms

Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. / Daily Kos

Women's Incarceration Rate Soars By Over 600 Percent as They Face Abuse Behind Bars

Eleanor Bader / Truthout

5 Senior Citizens Serving Life Without Parole for Pot

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Mosque Arsonist: Fox News Made Me Do It!

Bill Morlin / SPLC's Hate Watch

NRA's Bizarre Press Conference: 'More Guns Now!'

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Wisconsin's Scott Walker Trusts Teachers with Guns, But Not Collective Bargaining

Brendan Fischer / PR Watch

10 Key Court Decisions That Prevent Right-Wing Christians from Controlling Your Sex Life

Alex Henderson / AlterNet

6 Outrageous Incidents of Discrimination Against Nonbelievers

Greta Christina / AlterNet

Does Obama Have Tears to Spare for the Problems and Violence That Inner City Youths Face Every Day?

David Muhammed / New America Media

Powerful Court Rules Peace Activists Can Sue the U.S. Military for Infiltration

Nathan Tempey / warisacrime.org

7 States Where Gun Sales Are Surging Since the Sandy Hook School Shootings

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Why Are Fox News and Rupert Murdoch Saying Such Different Things About Gun Control?

Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America

Why Do We Get Riled Up About Gun Rights, and Not Rights to Health Care and Education?

Thom Hartmann / AlterNet

Photos: Progressives March on NRA Headquarters

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

7 Unhinged Right-Wing Responses to Connecticut Massacre

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

8 Civil Liberties Cases Supreme Court Will Tackle in 2013

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Yes, We Can Have Sane Gun Control Without Trampling Gun Owners' Rights

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

The Government, Corporations or the People -- Who Should Control the Internet?

Timothy Karr / AlterNet

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