Posted by Alex Stamm, Center for Justice at 4:33pm
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is ... Read More
Today was the first court hearing in our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding information about the government’s targeted killing program, including the ... Read More
Which agency doesn’t need a warrant to intercept and store the 1.7 billion emails, phone calls, texts and other electronic communications it collects each ... Read More
Posted by Mitra Ebadolahi, Nadine Strossen Fellow , ACLU’s National Security Project at 3:33pm
Yesterday, the Associated Press published the latest in its series of investigative articles documenting the New York Police Department’s sweeping surveillance ... Read More
Recently, a colleague here at the ACLU sent around a story about an African-American woman’s experience giving birth that literally left me crying at my desk. Read More
Posted by Catherine Crump, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 5:51pm
If there had been any doubt about drones being used for aerial surveillance inside the U.S., those doubts were dispelled when Congress passed and the president ... Read More
We can bring an end to gene patenting to ensure the human genome, and all DNA found in nature, is open to everyone for the benefit of everyone – not just corporate ... Read More
Black Americans are twice as likely to be arrested during a traffic stop and nearly four times as likely to experience the threat or use of force.
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Posted by Chris Calabrese, Washington Legislative Office at 12:16pm
Today, the White House released a new policy paper on consumer privacy which may mark an important turning point in the effort to return control over how our online ... Read More
