Civil Liberties

The NSA Has a Long History of Smearing Leakers as 'Sexual Deviates'

By Rick Anderson / Salon

When the last major defection hit the NSA, the government smeared the leakers as gay. New documents show they lied

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Toilet Bowl Phone Sex -- The Amazing Method That Prisoners Use to Stay Human and Communicate in America's Harsh Jails

By Chris Hedges / Truthdig

12 Real Patriots Brave Enough to Fight for Truth and Justice

By Bill Quigley / AlterNet

First Gay Couple to Win Green Card Following DOMA Ruling

By James Meikle / The Guardian

Last Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

By Greg Kaufmann / The Nation

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Civil Liberties

The US Supreme Court Thinks Racism Is Dead. What Planet Do They Live On?

Gary Younge / The Guardian

Why Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald's Fight Against Tyranny Follows in Gandhi's Footsteps

Subhankar Banerjee / AlterNet

Teen Jailed As Terrorist Threat After Making Sarcastic Comments on Facebook

Nicole Bogart / Global News

5 Things That Were Likely on Edward Snowden's Mind As He Took Off From Hong Kong

Peter Van Buren / TomDispatch

Congratulations, Gay People: You Now Have the Legal Right to Be As Miserable As the Rest of Us

Will Durst / AlterNet

Exposing the Dark Forces Behind the Snowden Smears

Max Blumenthal / AlterNet

America's Dirty, Global War on Journalists

David Sirota / AlterNet

1,000 Mayors Tell Feds: Leave Local Pot Laws Alone!

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

How the Supreme Court's Outrageous Assault on Our Lives Might Be Used to Knock Republicans Out of Power in Congress

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

This Really Is Big Brother: The Leak Nobody's Noticed

Digby / Hullabaloo

Facing 13 Years in Prison for Denouncing the Bank Bailouts—Using Kids' Chalk?

April M. Short / AlterNet

Outrageous: Ammo Maker Selling Pork-Coated Bullets to Fight Muslims

Ryan Lenz / Southern Poverty Law Center

NYC Vote to Curb Stop-and-Frisk Is Another Win for Civil Rights

Brittny Saunders / The Guardian

Meet the Right-Wing Bankrollers Behind High Court Challenges to the Voting Rights Act and Affirmative Action

Brendan Fischer / PR Watch

The NYPD Embedded Four CIA Officers After 9/11

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Antonin Scalia Misses the Days When It Was OK for Government Discriminate Against Gay People

Alex Pareene / Salon

World's Most Evil and Lawless Institution? The Executive Branch of the U.S. Government

Fred Branfman / AlterNet

America’s Informant Society

Melvin Goodman / Consortium News

Ruling on Voting Rights Act Holds Major Implications for Immigrants

Dominic Powell / Imagine 2050

Eve Ensler: My Journey to Find My Way Back to My Body

Eve Ensler / Henry Holt, Metropolitan Books

Supreme Court Reluctantly But Historically Elevates Same-Sex Marriage

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Supreme Court Throws Out Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Elevating Rights of Same-Sex Couples

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Visiting Las Vegas Still Causes Culture Shock, But Now, a Lot of it is About Guns

Michael Winship / Bill Moyers

Brazilians Are Taking to the Streets to Protest Their Country's Injustice and Inequality—Why Aren't We?

Marty Kaplan / AlterNet

Chomsky Says Young People Don't Care About Surveillance — Is He Right?

April M. Short / AlterNet

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