Blog Profile / Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the ACLU
| URL : | http://www.aclu.org/blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Human Rights | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2967 | |
| Posts / Week: | 20.2 | |
| Archived Since: | July 27, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Open Letter to the Corrections Corporation of America after 30 Years of Locking People Up for Profit
What do I have to say to the Corrections Corporation of America? After 30 years, CCA should be ashamed. For thirty years, CCA's profits have grown because more people are behind bars. For CCA, the fact that America incarcerates moreShow More Summary
Bringing Marriage to "Modern Family"
You might be asking yourself: What does Modern Family have to do with an upcoming landmark Supreme Court case about the freedom to marry? Well, the ACLU launched a campaign today urging Modern Family's producers to script a wedding episode for popular gay characters Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker. Show More Summary
With Historic Law, Maryland Offers Model to Address National Problem of Inequity in School Facilities
There is a hopeful story being written today in Baltimore City, a story that began with an all-too-familiar plot: school buildings without sufficient heat, air conditioning, adequate lighting or drinking water—perennial barriers to learning that most children and teachers in Baltimore City Public Schools have had to deal with daily. Show More Summary
Congress Takes Much Needed Step Forward on Over-Criminalization
Earlier this month, a high school honors student named Kiera Wilmot was charged with felony discharge of a weapon on school property. Her crime? Creating her own science experiment. When Kiera mixed several household chemicals together...Show More Summary
In Disturbing Trend, Kansas School the Latest to Punish Student for Harmless Tweet
In Kansas, joking about sports can be hazardous to your high school graduation. Wesley Teague, the senior class president at Heights High School in Wichita, Kansas, found this out the hard way. In a gently mocking 48-character Twitter...Show More Summary
DOJ's AP Phone Logs Grab Highlights Renewed Need for Shield Law
Although the president's press secretary noted yesterday then-Senator Obama's support for a federal shield law to protect reporters from having to disclose their sources, he failed to mention how the White House deep-sixed a comprehensive shield bill back in 2009. Show More Summary
Momentum Continues to Build for Narrowing ENDA's Religious Exemption
The momentum behind efforts – strongly supported by the ACLU – to narrow the current sweeping, unprecedented religious exemption in ENDA continues to build. As it stands, ENDA's religious exemption – which would extend far beyond churches,...Show More Summary
Kill, Kill, and Kill Again: Rushing to Execution Heightens Risks of Fatal Error in Florida
Florida will start this long, hot summer with a bang. The state has announced that in the coming months it intends to strap three separate men down, open their veins, paralyze them, and force deadly chemicals into their hearts untilShow More Summary
Federal Judge: Only Powered Off Cell Phones Deserve Privacy Protections
A federal magistrate judge in New York recently ruled that cell phone location data deserves no protection under the Fourth Amendment and that accordingly, the government can engage in real-time location surveillance without a search warrant. Show More Summary
Baloney! A Message to the Women in Combat Naysayers
On January 24, 2013, we saw a great victory for U.S. servicewomen when the Department of Defense announced it was ending the ban on women serving in ground combat roles. As the Pentagon and the armed services begin implementing the change in policy, there are many issues that must be resolved, and we'll be keeping a close eye on the process. Show More Summary
Three New Marriage States in Two Weeks – All Eyes Are On You, Illinois!
Yesterday, Minnesota became the 12th state in the country to approve a law allowing same-sex couples to marry. This comes on the heels of Rhode Island and Delaware approving freedom to marry laws in the last two weeks, and historic victories at the ballot box in Maine, Maryland, and Washington last November. Show More Summary
IRS Abuses Power in Targeting Tea Party
This piece was originally posted on CNN.com. The extraordinary revelation this week that the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups for more aggressive enforcement highlights exactly why caution is needed in any response to the much-vilified Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Show More Summary
Mother's Day is Over - But Pregnancy Discrimination Isn't.
Women make up almost half the workforce today, and, if they become pregnant, most will work throughout their pregnancy. Given this reality, you probably think the stories below are works of a bygone era. Well, you’d be wrong. A woman was 16 weeks pregnant and worked as a cashier at a large retailer in New York City. Show More Summary
ACLU Joins Human Rights Coalition Opposing Force-Feeding at Guantánamo
The hunger strike in Guantánamo is now in its fourth month. At the military’s latest count, 100 of the 166 prisoners are on strike, motivated in large part by their indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial. Twenty-nine of those men are being force-fed, the largest number yet during this hunger strike. Show More Summary
A Boy Named Issak
I am a high school senior at Red Lion Area High School in Pennsylvania. As a student who happens to be transgender, my life isn’t all that different from other students in my class, except that I came out the summer before my junior year and have been going by my male name ever since. Show More Summary
Tale of Two Marriages
This piece was originally posted on the Huffington Post. This is the story of two couples; two couples who come out of the same post-war generation, and who built their lives around the same emotional core of love, commitment, and devotion to one another. Show More Summary
The Asymmetry Between Past and Future, and Why it Means Mass Surveillance Won’t Work
Former Senator Joseph Lieberman recently charged that mistakes by U.S. security agencies were responsible for failing to stop the Boston Marathon bombing. I recently wrote about how mass surveillance makes this kind of recriminationShow More Summary
Immigration Reform: Week One is Done
Only a few short weeks ago, the so-called Senate Gang of Eight – four Republicans and four Democrats committed to producing a bipartisan immigration reform bill – released a bill exceeding 800 pages representing work dating back to November. Show More Summary
IRS abuses power in targeting tea party
The extraordinary revelation this week that the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups for more aggressive enforcement highlights exactly why caution is needed in any response to the much-vilified Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Show More Summary
This Week in Civil Liberties (05/10/2013)
The Supreme Court of which state granted a stay of execution to Willie Manning, who may be innocent of the crime for which he was convicted? True or false? Eye-tracking technology could pose a risk to privacy if inappropriately usedShow More Summary