Civil Liberties

Abortions Have Made Life Better for Millions Of Men: It's About Time to Speak Up in Support

By Sara Robinson / AlterNet

It's time for pro-choice men to step up -- because our choices change their lives, too.

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Ramarley Graham's Mother Speaks Out: NYPD Cop Who Killed My Son Should Be Charged With Murder

By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

How the NYPD Acts Like the CIA with its Vast Spy Network

By Ramzi Kassem / The Nation

Mass Arrests Likely at Political Conventions: 6 Historical Precedents

By David Rosen / AlterNet

Melissa Harris-Perry: Fear Is Driving America's Politics, But Hope Is the Only Antidote

By Melissa Harris-Perry / Take Back the American Dream

"Isolation Rooms" in Elementary Schools: Are They Treatment or Punishment?

5 Ways Speeding and Red Lights Cameras Are Causing Political Outrage

How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case

Civil Liberties

Obama's DREAM Policy and My Undocumented Brother

Matias Ramos / Other Words

How Top Law Professors Are Working To Expand Corporations’ Constitutional 'Rights'

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Huge Multiracial Father's Day March Tells Bloomberg and NYPD, 'No More Stop-and-Frisk!'

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

The Tragedy and Triumph of Rodney King

Earl Ofari Hutchinson / New America Media

Why Marijuana Decriminalization Won't Kill NYPD Discrimination

Natasha Lennard / TruthOut.org

The Stop-and-Frisk Crisis: How to Criminalize an Entire Generation of Black and Latino Men

Kevin Powell / AlterNet

FBI Terror Plot: How the Government Is Destroying the Lives of Innocent People

Petra Bartosiewicz / The Nation

5 'Stand Your Ground' Cases You Should Know About

Suevon Lee / ProPublica

Proposed Texas Voter ID Law Would Suppress Student Voters

Christina Sanders / AlterNet

How Microsoft and Yahoo Are Selling Politicians Access to You

Lois Beckett / ProPublica

Drone Killings, Cyber Attacks, War on Whistleblowers: Does Obama Think He Is Above the Law?

Peter Van Buren / TomDispatch.com

Bring on the Gay Boy Scouts

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

3 Scary Decision Handed Down by the Far Right Supreme Court

Bill Blum / Truthdig

America: Where It's Easier to Get a Gun Than Good Mental Health Care

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

Immigrants Manipulated into Giving Fingerprints

Elena Shore / New America Media

Pork, Cloud, Cops? The List of Words You Can't Say Online Without Being Monitored by the Government

Anthony Cuthbertson / WhoWhatWhy.com

NYPD Tries to Rewrite History, Denies Arrests of Journalists

Josh Stearns / AlterNet

New Alabama Bill Requires Names of All Illegal Immigrants who Appear in Court to Be Published

Janet Murguia / Huffington Post

What Does It Say About America That We Jail Teens for Having Sex or Being Late to School?

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

6 Government Surveillance Programs Designed to Watch What You Do Online

David Rosen / AlterNet

How Police and Traffic Light Companies Are Conspiring to Give You More Tickets

Lee Fang / Republic Report

California Pushes Back on ICE's Secure Communities Program

Ben Winograd / Immigration Impact

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones

Cora Currier / ProPublica

Why the Pope Hates Nuns

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

A Breakdown of The Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona's Harsh Immigration Law

Raul A. Reyes / Other Words

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