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Should 'Inhumane' Prison Be Closed?

Posted 04.05.2012 | Chicago

Though unions are fighting Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's plan to close the Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois, relatives of some inmates a...

Santa Monica College President Defends Campus Police

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.05.2012 | College

Santa Monica College president Dr. Chui L. Tsang defended campus police who dealt with demonstrators Tuesday evening, pepper-spraying dozens of studen...

Health And Human Services' Sacrosanct Mandate

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 05.30.2012 | Religion
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Reams of paper emanate from the HHS about how to "accommodate" religious groups that are upset by their recent mandate. Yet for all the fallen trees, HHS ignores a neuralgic point: the government has overstepped its boundaries when it defines what constitutes religious ministry.

New Examples of Facebook Password Demands, Facebook's Response and the Need for a New Law

Ateqah Khaki | Posted 05.23.2012 | Technology
Ateqah Khaki

Whether at work or at school, we shouldn't have to choose between technology and privacy, and no one should be coerced into sharing their private information against their will.

Constitution Check: Can the Public Get Access to the Legal Reasons for Targeted Killing?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics
Lyle Denniston

It is now widely assumed, within the media and among national security experts, that there is at least one legal memo written by a Justice Department lawyer that spells out the case for targeted killing without any review by a U.S. court.

12-Year-Old Girl Detained, Forced To Give Up Facebook Password: Suit

Posted 03.11.2012 | Home

Children's Facebook privacy is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against Minnewaska, Minn. schools. WDAY and CNN report that the American Civil ...

LGBT Rights: A Matter of Fairness

Laura W. Murphy | Posted 05.09.2012 | Black Voices
Laura W. Murphy

The fight for LGBT rights comes down to the very basic truth that for equality to have real meaning, fairness and equal treatment under the law must extend to everyone.

Counting On Us: Release of New Civil Rights Data Is the First Step in Helping Our Kids

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 05.09.2012 | Home
Deborah J. Vagins

Reliance on practices like suspensions, expulsions and arrests decrease academic achievement and increase the likelihood that students will be pushed out of school, oftentimes into the criminal justice system.

Willing to Die for Their Country, But Unable to Vote in It

Jon Sherman | Posted 05.06.2012 | Impact
Jon Sherman

In Wisconsin, a veteran with only his or her Veterans Affairs (VA) ID card will be turned away from the polls. "Unjust" and "unconscionable" don't cover this -- we need uglier words to describe the disfranchisement of citizens who've served.

"On Account of Race or Color": A New Front Opens in the Fight Against Wisconsin's Voter ID Law

Jon Sherman | Posted 05.02.2012 | Politics
Jon Sherman

It's a crime to disfranchise anyone, but this just seems particularly cruel. Fear not, though -- help is on the way for Eddie: He just has to pay hundreds of dollars to amend his birth certificate in court.

Judge: Illinois Eavesdropping Law Unconstitutional

Posted 03.02.2012 | Chicago

While protesting a law than banned Chicago artists from selling their work on the street, artist Christopher Drew decided to try an act of civil disob...

Are Florida Politicians Trying To Sneak Prayer Into Public Schools?

Posted 03.01.2012 | Miami

Florida students will soon be allowed to deliver "inspirational messages," which include everything from prayers to manifestos, at mandatory school ev...

Controversy Brews As Three Lesbians Are Charged With Hate Crime For Allegedly Attacking Gay Man

Posted 02.27.2012 | Gay Voices

In Boston last week a gay man alleged that he was attacked by a group of teenage girls because of his sexuality. This weekend another gay man from ...

Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.24.2012 | Crime
Bill Quigley

One of the major complaints of prisoner human rights activists is the abuse of solitary confinement in prisons across the U.S.

Tightening Belts Means Loosening Restraints: Illinois to Close Supermax Prison

Tanya Greene | Posted 04.24.2012 | Crime
Tanya Greene

One of the more positive things to result from deteriorating state budgets across the nation is that some state lawmakers are looking to smart criminal justice reform as a way to trim budgets. One such change began yesterday in Illinois.

You Won't Believe What Your Facebook Profile Can Do For You

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 02.24.2012 | Business

You might think a Facebook profile loaded with pictures of you holding red cups can lower your standing in the eyes of your boss. But now there's reas...

UC Davis Protesters File Lawsuit For Pepper Spraying

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.22.2012 | College

Seventeen University of California, Davis students and two alumni filed a lawsuit against school officials and police on Wednesday concerning a dramat...

Tyler Kingkade

Chancellor Birgeneau Told Officials 'Don't Back Down' After Batons Used On Protesters

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.21.2012 | College

NEW YORK -- Newly released emails show University of California, Berkeley officials did not initially object to the use of batons on nonviolent protes...

Rhode Island School Will Not Appeal Prayer Banner Ruling

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 02.17.2012 | Home

CRANSTON, R.I. -- A Rhode Island public school committee on Thursday voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer ban...

Ariel Edwards-Levy

New Student ID Fee Called A 'Poll Tax'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's controversial new voter identification law has the state's colleges scrambling since they provide ID cards that students wil...

ACLU Questions FAMU's Ban On Student Groups

AP | Posted 02.03.2012 | Black Voices

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is criticizing Florida A&M University's decision to cancel a summer band camp and b...

The Daily Show Brilliantly Shows Hypocrisy of Lawmakers Drug Testing the Poor for Benefits

Tony Newman | Posted 04.04.2012 | Politics
Tony Newman

The Daily Show has done the best journalism to date on the growing trend of opportunistic lawmakers introducing legislation to drug test people who receive unemployment benefits.

No-Fly List More Than Doubled In Past Year

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.02.2012 | Travel

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from ...

Documents For $100 Million Facebook Pledge Ordered Public

AP | By DAVID PORTER | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home

NEWARK, N.J. -- The state's largest city must produce a list of documents related to a $100 million pledge to its public schools from Facebook founder...

The ACLU's Challenge To Newt And Mitt

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 03.30.2012 | Politics
Anthony D. Romero

Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are crisscrossing Florida as the clock runs out before Tuesday's crucial primary. They may be the frontrunners headed into the primary, but they're at the bottom of the pack when it comes to civil liberties issues.