Civil Liberties

Why Rand Paul Quoted Poem About Sexually Frustrated Dude During Howard U Speech: A Theory

By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

In his speech to Howard University students, one of the Kentucky senator's oratorical choices was most confounding: T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

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Rand Paul Explains Black History to Black People

By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Intelligence Documents Suggest Obama Administration Lied About Who Drones Kill

By Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Undercover Activist Details Secret Filming of Animal Abuse & Why "Ag-Gag" Laws May Force Him to Stop

By Amy Goodman, Aaron Mate / Democracy Now!

Groundbreaking 'War on Whistleblowers' Investigation Exposes Obama Admin's Record of Censorship and Persecution of Unsung Heroes and Journalists

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

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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

9 Tactics and 5 Mistaken Beliefs: The Christian Right's New 'Religious Liberty' Campaign Deconstructed

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Watch: Melissa Harris Perry Slams Lawmakers Who Want to Tie Welfare Benefits to Student Grades

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Moyers: Imagine If America Had Adopted Martin Luther King's Economic Dream

Bill Moyers, James Cone, Taylor Branch / BillMoyers.com

The Guantanamo Effect: A Constant Reminder of America's Role in Perpetrating a Global War

Mariam Ghani, Chitra Ganesh / Creative Time Reports

Hey, Guess What? Your Blackberry Might Be Telling All Your Contacts What Porn You Watch

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

What?! Enviro Activist Re-Imprisoned for Writing a Blog Post

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

16 Frightening NRA Police State 'Solutions' That Will Turn Our Schools into Gun-Crazy Nightmares

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on SCOTUS and Marriage Equality

Jen Sorensen / AlterNet

The Conspiracy to Kill Martin Luther King Jr: Not a Theory But a Fact, According to Our Own Legal System

Ira Chernus / AlterNet

45 Years After MLK Assassination, What Have We Learned?

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

UN Passes Historic Arms Trade Treaty to U.S. Media Silence

Alexander Zaitchik / Media Matters

Suddenly, NYPD Doesn’t Love Surveillance Anymore

David Sirota / Salon

ACLU Challenges Nevada's Homophobic 'Infamous Crimes Against Humanity' Law

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Matt Bors on North Dakota's Anti-Abortion Law

Matt Bors / AlterNet

Government Waste: DHS Documents Reveal Widespread Surveillance of Occupy Movement

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Taibbi: Politicians and Law Enforcement Have Trapped Too Many People in Jail for Life with Extreme Three Strikes Laws

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Experiment Shows How Facebook Can Spread Racist Thoughts

Tom Jacobs / Pacific Standard

Sen. Eric Adams: NYPD Commissioner Told Me Cops Use Stop-and-Frisk to Instill Fear in Youths of Color

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

GOP Rep. Assures Us He's Against Marriage Equality Despite Having Gay Son

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Where Does It Say the Supreme Court Has the Constitutional Power to Hike Medicine Prices to 5x Their Cost?

David Dayen / Salon.com

Three Years After Passing Its 'Papers, Please' Law, Arizona Is Divided by Distrust and Fear

Valeria Fernández / New America Media

Libertarians' Idea of the "Most Free" State Is One of America's Most Woman-Hating

Alex Pareene / Salon.com

Jon Stewart Tears Apart Absurd Arguments Against Marriage Equality

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Why the Anti-Gay Movement Got Humiliated in the Supreme Court

Irin Carmon / Salon

NRA Certificate and “Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting” Found in Adam Lanza’s Home

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

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