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Jun 20, 2013
Why Childhood Obesity is a Civil Rights Issue
Jun 17, 2013
Some Thoughts on DMV Image Databases and the Police
Jun 13, 2013
Human Gene Patents Struck Down: Reactions from the Plaintiffs
Jun 13, 2013
VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies
Jun 7, 2013
U.N. Human Rights Report Foreshadows Recent Surveillance Revelations
Jun 7, 2013
Red Lion Area School District Chooses the Low Road
Jun 7, 2013
Why Government Access to Metadata is More Than a 'Modest Encroachment' on Privacy
Jun 5, 2013
VIDEO: 'We Steal Secrets' Director Discusses WikiLeaks, Manning, and More With the ACLU
May 31, 2013
Responding to The Washington Post's Walter Pincus on Leaks and Shield Laws