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ACLU Multimedia
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Patents on Human Genes: A Patient's Perspective
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Who Owns Your Body?
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Gideon: Memphis Public Defender on Indigent Defense
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Gideon: Unfulfilled at 50
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Stop Solitary: Maine's Commissioner of the Department of Corrections Joseph Ponte on Reducing His State's Solitary Confinement Population
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Timeline: A History of the Voting Rights Act
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Slideshow: Did You Kiss the Dead Body? by Rajkamal Kahlon
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Stand With Bayli As She Stands Up To Bullies
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Guantánamo by the Numbers [Infographic]
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Slideshow: Leen Nour El-Zayat DREAMs
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An Injustice Faced by our Military Women
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Slideshow: Dulce Dreams
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The U.S. Immigration Detention Boom
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Election 2012: Civil Liberties Win Big on the Ballot
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[Infographic] Foreclosed: Big Profits, Broken Dreams
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Live Press Conference: Predatory Lending
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Motor City Mom: Rubbie McCoy Fights For Her Home
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Growing Up Locked Down: Kendell Davis' Story
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Filmmaker Discusses Award-Winning Documentary about War on Drugs









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