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Military Reveals Plans For Integrating Women Into Combat Units, But Many Questions Remain

Military Reveals Plans For Integrating Women Into Combat Units, But Many Questions Remain

06/19/2013 – Yesterday, the Pentagon made public the plans that each branch of the military submitted to the Secretary of Defense explaining plans...

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A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Plum Job in Opposition to General Warrants (in 1760)

A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Plum Job in Opposition to General Warrants (in 1760)

06/18/2013 – A new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire for the Boston Globe reveals that 40 percent of Massachusetts...

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My Life Under NYPD Surveillance: A Brooklyn Student and Charity Leader on Fear and Mistrust

My Life Under NYPD Surveillance: A Brooklyn Student and Charity Leader on Fear and Mistrust

06/18/2013 – My name is Asad Dandia although friends know me as Ace. I am an American citizen, born in Brooklyn, where I have lived my whole life...

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VICTORY! Supreme Court Invalidates Cumbersome Arizona Voter Registration Requirement

VICTORY! Supreme Court Invalidates Cumbersome Arizona Voter Registration Requirement

06/17/2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court today invalidated a burdensome Arizona state documentation requirement that restricted its citizens' ability to register to vote...

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VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies

VICTORY! Supreme Court Decides: Our Genes Belong to Us, Not Companies

06/13/2013 – Should companies be able to patent human genes? Today, the Supreme Court answered that profound question with a resounding NO. Seems like common sense, right? But over the last 30 ...

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ACLU Campaigns

Keep America Safe and Free
Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice ...
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Safe Communities, Fair Sentences

America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal ...

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Defending Targets of Discrimination

A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the ...

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Protecting Civil Liberties In The Digital Age

Since law is way behind technology when it comes to protecting your ...

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