By Mitra Ebadolahi, Fellow, ACLU 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
Today the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union called on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to investigate religious and racial profiling by the New York ... Read More
By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project at 3:28pm
Last week, the ACLU released FBI documents showing that the bureau is secretly and deliberately collecting information about innocent Americans through community ... Read More
By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project at 11:19am
On Wednesday, yet another report confirmed the use of factually incorrect and bigoted training materials on Islam and Muslims — this time by the Department of ... Read More
By Chris Rickerd, Washington Legislative Office & Joanne Lin, Washington Legislative Office at 3:22pm
As we remember the victims and heroes of 9/11, we're reminded that people of all colors and creeds died on that horrific day, including more than 100 undocumented ... Read More
By Chandra Bhatnagar, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program at 5:17pm
On Monday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in Awad v. Ziriax, a legal challenge to Oklahoma's proposed "Save our State Amendment", which ... Read More
By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 4:23pm
It's no secret that, after 9/11, a wave of anti-Muslim bigotry washed over the country. The intensity of that prejudice has sustained it for a decade, and, in many ... Read More
By Scott Swenson, Washington Legislative Office at 12:40pm
Innocent, peaceful American Muslims are being targeted by the FBI, with the bureau engaging in racial-mapping programs and informants infiltrating and spying on ... Read More
Are all faiths equal under the law? Does the fundamental right to worship in this country depend on approval of the majority? These questions lie at the heart ... Read More
By Laura W. Murphy, Washington Legislative Office at 12:52pm
Once the shock subsided, we set out to determine what new powers the government would seek in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The smoke billowing from the ... Read More
