Civil Liberties

A Rough Guide to Life in the United States of Zimmermanm, the US of Z

By William Boardman / Reader Supported News

In the US of Z the law allows people to hunt each other, and feel no remorse for killing someone.

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Survivors of Solitary Confinement Speak Out (Audio)

By Claire Schoen / Making Contact

At What Age does a Black Male Become a Threat?

By Deborah Small / JustUs Talking

Trayvon Martin, One More Among So Many Black Men Killed in My Lifetime

By Alice Walker / The Guardian

Thousands Starve Themselves To Put an End to California's Cruel Solitary Confinement Methods

By Clancy Sigal / AlterNet

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Civil Liberties

Why the U.S. Executive Branch Is a Clear and Present Danger to Our Democracy

Fred Branfman / AlterNet

The Zimmerman Verdict Is a Wakeup Call to Address the Deep and Structural Injustices in America

Makani Themba / AlterNet

Glenn Greenwald: The Crux of the NSA Story in One Phrase: "Collect It All"

Glenn Greenwald / The Guardian

'Neighborhood Watch' Groups Like Zimmerman's and in Much of the Deep South Are Hardly Different Than Slave Patrols of Old

Thom Hartmann / AlterNet

How Obama Is Expanding the Century-Long Project to Build a Total Surveillance State

Alfred W. McCoy / Tom Dispatch

Federal Prosecutors' Unchecked Power and Zeal Creates Prison Nation

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Zimmerman Verdict Declares Open Season on Black Boys

Gary Younge / The Guardian

Bill Moyers: Outrageous Bill Known As “The Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act” Seeks to Silence Big-Ag Whistleblowers (VIDEO)

Bill Moyers / Bill Moyers

NSA Whistleblower and US Justice Dept. Fugitive Edward Snowden Has Accepted Russian Asylum Offer

Dave Lindorff / This Can't Be Happening

From Prisoner Sterilizations to Abortion Restrictions, the Reproductive Rights of Women of Color Are Being Trampled

Sheila Bapat / RH Reality Check

The Case for Censoring Hate Speech

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

The Rule of Law Is Missing in Action in America -- It's Up to Us to Bring It Back

Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers / AlterNet

Imprisoned CIA Whistleblower Gives Advice to Snowden

Thomas Hedges / Salon

The 7 Craziest, Cruelest Right-Wing Statements from Just Last Week

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Cruel and Usual: Georgia Set to Execute Mentally Disabled Man Monday

Ed Pilkington / The Guardian

‘Fruitvale Station’ Is More Than a Movie, It’s Become a Landmark

Julianne Hing / Colorlines.com

Royal Scandal: Saudi Princess Arrested on Counts of Human Trafficking

Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

Snowden's Revelation Paves the Way for Federal Lawsuit Against NSA

Thom Hartmann / Thom Hartmann Show

Senate Set to Confirm New FBI Head Who OK’d Waterboarding, Defends Mass Spying, Indefinite Detention

Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh / Democracy Now!

The United States of Crazy: You Can Now Go to Jail for a Sarcastic Facebook Comment

William Boardman / Reader Supported News

The Backlash Begins: Indiana Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Felony Punishable by Prison

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Justice Denied: 71 New 'Tort Reform' Bills Make It Harder to Hold Corporations Accountable for Causing Injury and Death

Brendan Fischer / PR Watch

"They Throw Kids on the Ground, Put Guns to Their Heads" -- The Horrors Unleashed by Police Militarization

Radley Balko / Public Affairs Books

The Extreme Suffering of Solitary Confinement Has Propelled 30,000 Prisoners to Go on Hunger Strike

Gabriel Reyes / TruthOut.org

11 Shocking Things Snowden Has Taught Us (So Far)

Angus West / Global Post

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