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Feb 24, 2015

This Secret Domestic Surveillance Program Is About to Get Pulled Out of the Shadows

Feb 24, 2015

How Does the Federal Government Handle Prosecutions of Police Officers?

Feb 24, 2015

Chelsea Manning Fights for Her Right to Exist. She Shouldn't Have To

Feb 12, 2015

Myriad Genetics Relents on Gene Patents, But Will the Patent Office Stop Issuing Patents on Products of Nature?

Feb 11, 2015

ACLU to UN: Encryption is Not A Problem to be Solved, But a Crucial Tool For Freedom and Security

Feb 5, 2015

The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap: Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

Feb 3, 2015

This Man Faces Life in Prison for...Rapping

Jan 23, 2015

I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure.

Jan 21, 2015

If the Government Gets Its Way, the Future Pablo Nerudas of the World Could Be Barred From the US

Jan 21, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, The Interview, and Censoring Torture Photos