Civil Liberties

How Unchecked Capitalism Has Brought the World to the Brink of Apocalypse -- and What We Must Do Now

By Robert Jensen / AlterNet

We have both a moral obligation and practical reasons to work for justice and sustainability.

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Meet the Young Journalist Who Ruined a Couple of NSA Spooks' Day

By Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Why Don't the Feds Target White, Southern Christians Like They Do Muslims?

By Matthew Harwood / TomDispatch

It's Time the Justice Dept. Got Serious About Hacking Allegations by Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire

By D.D. Guttenplan / The Nation

Saggy Pants Legislation -- The Latest in Racial Profiling Laws

By Marjorie R. Esman / New America Media

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Civil Liberties

Former Employees Take Target to Court for Outrageous "Multi-Cultural Tips" About Latinos

Elizabeth Warmerdam / Courthouse News

Why Was Michelle Shocked Shell-Shocked?

Paul Krassner / AlterNet

Forcing Down the Bolivian President's Plane Was a Gangster Act

John Pilger / The Guardian

Shocker: Only 1% of So Called Terrorists Nabbed by the FBI Were Real

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

America's New Cold War: European Allies Outraged at Snowden Revelations

Robert Scheer / Truthdig

Global Outrage: More Than 1/3 of World's Women Suffer Physical or Sexual Violence

Jodie Gummow / AlterNet

Rethinking the Day of Silence

Adriana Murphy / Rethinking Schools

Missouri May Reinstate Gas Chamber

Courthouse News

Ex-Marine Arrested for Wearing Wrong T-Shirt at Supreme Court!

Lorraine Bailey / Courthouse News

The State of Dissent in America: Flex Your Rights

Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers / Truthout

4 Shady Ways Police Bust People For Drugs

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

San Diego's Circus Trial: Sidewalk Chalk Protest Reveals Gaping Government Failures

William Boardman / Reader Supported News

Glenn Greenwald: Top Officials Are Lying to Our Faces About Government Spying

Glenn Greenwald / The Guardian

Segregated Revolution? Activists Fight Back Against Egypt's Sexual Assault Problem

Kumar Ramanathan / Think Progress

Wisconsin Dad Faces Deportation for Smoking Weed a Long Time Ago as a Teen

April M. Short / AlterNet

More Government Snooping: The Postal Service Is Spying On You Too!

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Want to Fight Government Domestic Spying? Join a 'Restore the Fourth' Protest This Independence Day

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The Dictionary of the Global War on You

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

NC Senate Slips Sweeping Abortion Restrictions into Bill Supposed to Ban Sharia Law

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Boys in Custody Sexually Abused by Female Guards at Alarming Rate

Joaquin Sapien / Pro Publica

America, Passive Nation -- Why Can't We Stand Up for Ourselves When Our Rights Are Stolen?

Dan Gillmore / The Guardian

Cops Shoot Dog After Arresting Owner for Filming Police

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Why Edward Snowden's Leaks Have Empowered All of Us

Elliot Sperber / AlterNet

How You (and President Obama) Can Close Guantanamo Prison

Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

Professor from Right-Wing Evangelical University Touts Benefits of Domestic Drones to National Sheriff's Conference

April M. Short / AlterNet

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