Congress is trying to sneak an unconstitutional ban on political expression into the spending bill in order to avoid public scrutiny. According to recent reports, congressional leaders from both sides [...]
To prevent further stains on the medical profession, the names of those involved in torture and executions need to be made public. Physicians hold a special position in U.S. society. [...]
Barr's record suggests he will continue the former attorney general’s worst policies while promoting a sweeping view of executive power. Donald Trump’s nomination of William Barr to succeed Jeff Sessions [...]
The truth hurts, but it also helps. This piece was originally published by The Washington Post. I believe there are two paths in life — the paths of right and [...]
The police department’s drone policy places no meaningful restrictions on the invasive technology’s use and threatens New Yorkers’ privacy. The New York Police Department announced this week that it will [...]
State legislators are ignoring their voters’ wishes and engaging in new tactics to suppress the vote. The 2018 election ushered in a wave of voting rights victories. Voters in Florida, [...]
Under President Trump, the slide toward a fully militarized border between the U.S. and Mexico is happening rapidly to the detriment of civil rights. For decades, the ACLU has fought [...]
Long-term isolation has disastrous physical and mental health effects that can amount to torture. The practice must be abandoned across the nation. In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be [...]
Recent police killings of Black men for possessing guns they were legally carrying shows the racial double standards of “the good guy with a gun." The most common refrain from [...]
New York’s Division of Human Rights says it cannot investigate alleged police and corrections abuses because they are not public accommodations. DeAnna LeTray of Watertown, New York, was arrested in [...]
