Civil Liberties

$22,000 Bid for the Right to a 6-Week Unpaid Internship Lays Bare What It Takes to Get Ahead in America

By Sarah Kendzior / Al Jazeera English

In the post-employment economy, jobs are privileges, and the privileged have jobs.

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6 Brave Govt. Whistleblowers Charged Under the Espionage Act by Obama's Administration

By John Light, Lauren Feeney / Moyers & Company

Inmates Review Prisons on Yelp, Covering Rat Infestations, Racial Tensions and Violence

By April M. Short / AlterNet

Big Brother is Watching...Our Kids' Test Scores

By Peter Rugh / Socialist Worker

Watch: Jon Stewart Nails Obama on Guantanamo

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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

Yes, Americans Still Value Their Civil Liberties Even in the Wake of Boston Marathon Bombing

Joan Walsh / Salon

High School Rapper Arrested and Facing Terrorism Charges For Rap About Boston Marathon Bombing

AlterNet

Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of 4, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

16-Year-Old Girl Arrested and Charged With a Felony For Science Project Mistake

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

6 Horrifying Facts Every American Should Know About Guantanamo Bay and the Ongoing Hunger Strike

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Julian Assange: Wikileaks Has the Goods on the Deaths of Innocent Iraqis Killed by the US

Medea Benjamin, Julian Assange / AlterNet

Rand Paul Proved Himself This Week to Be Spineless

Joan Walsh / Salon

Bill Moyers & Glenn Greenwald on the High Cost of Government Secrecy

Bill Moyers / BillMoyers.com

Noam Chomsky: Obama's Attack on Civil Liberties Has Gone Way Beyond Imagination

Mike Stivers, Noam Chomsky / TruthOut.org

Meet the Pennsylvania City That Evicts Domestic Violence Victims For Calling the Cops

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

The Top 10 Most Inhuman Henry Kissinger Quotes

Fred Branfman / AlterNet

Watch: Yemeni Activist Tells Senators that Drone Strike on His Village 'Empowers Militants'

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Authoritarianism Has Quietly Enveloped Every Part of American Life -- We Must Fight Back

John Knefel / AlterNet

Death Threats, a Fired Bullet and Cold Cells: Hear Guantanamo Horror Stories as Mass Hunger Strike Continues

Jason Leopold / Truthout

Bush and His Cronies Bear 'Ultimate Responsibility' for Torture -- So What's Stopping Us from Prosecuting Them?

Robert Parry / Consortium News

Will a Legal Defender of Terror Suspects Die of Cancer in Prison?

Chris Hedges / Truthdig

Bugging Mosques? 5 Worst Right-Wing Ideas to Come Out of Boston

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Boston Marathon Suspect's Treatment Shows How 'War on Terror' Has Killed Basic Rights

Alex Kane / AlterNet

How Boston Exposes America’s Dark Post-9/11 Bargain

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

WATCH Chris Matthews: ‘Can't the FBI Just Racially Profile Boston Suspects from Photos?’

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

House Passes Privacy-Killing Cybersecurity Bill, Despite White House Veto Threat

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

5 Disturbing Revelations from the NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial About Aggressive, Racist Policing

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

High Schooler Protests 'Slut-Shaming' Abstinence Assembly Despite Alleged Threats from Principal

Tara Culp-Ressler / Think Progress

American Right-Wingers Are No Longer Conservative — They're Extremists

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Why We Still Have a Massive Homelessness Problem (Hard Times USA)

Paul Boden / AlterNet

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