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Barbara Brenner, 1951-2013

05/20/2013 – The ACLU mourns the loss of a great leader, tenacious activist, and close friend of the organization. Barbara Brenner, the longtime director of Breast Cancer Action ("BCA"), was a ...

"Drones" vs "UAVs" -- What's Behind A Name?

05/20/2013 – Representatives of the drone industry and other drone boosters often make a point of saying they don’t like to use the word “drones.” When my colleague Catherine Crump and I were writing ...

It Is Time to Modernize Discriminatory HIV/AIDS Laws

05/16/2013 – While science has vastly advanced since the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic more than 30 years ago, the ways in which many criminal laws treat people living with HIV look like ...

Kill, Kill, and Kill Again: Rushing to Execution Heightens Risks of Fatal Error in Florida

05/15/2013 – Florida will start this long, hot summer with a bang. The state has announced that in the coming months it intends to strap three separate men...

Baloney! A Message to the Women in Combat Naysayers

05/15/2013 – On January 24, 2013, we saw a great victory for U.S. servicewomen when the Department of Defense announced it was ending the ban on women serving in combat units and occupational ...