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Apr 7, 2015

NYCLU-Obtained Documents Reveal Secrecy, Lack of Court Oversight in Use of Invasive Stingray Technology

Free Speech and Pluralism

Last June, the New York Civil Liberties Union asked the Erie County Sheriff's Office to release information to the public about how it uses stingrays, which are used to track and record New Yorkers’...

By By Mariko Hirose, Staff Attorney, NYCLU

Last June, the New York Civil Liberties Union asked the Erie County Sheriff's Office to release information to the public about how it uses stingrays, which are used to track and record New Yorkers’...

By By Mariko Hirose, Staff Attorney, NYCLU
Apr 7, 2015

Bigotry Backfires: How a Serious Threat to LGBT Equality Has Turned into an Asset

Last week, Indiana brought a startling transformation: The primary tactic of opponents of LGBT equality turned instead into a driver of LGBT equality all across the country. 

Over the past several...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

Last week, Indiana brought a startling transformation: The primary tactic of opponents of LGBT equality turned instead into a driver of LGBT equality all across the country. 

Over the past several...

By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
Apr 7, 2015

The Internet of Kafkaesque Things

Free Speech and Pluralism

Last week I wrote about how the Internet of Things will provide an opportunity for various...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

Last week I wrote about how the Internet of Things will provide an opportunity for various...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Apr 6, 2015

Discrimination Is Written Into the Fabric of Ferguson’s Government

Discrimination in Ferguson works in not-so-mysterious ways. 

As the...

By Matthew Harwood

Discrimination in Ferguson works in not-so-mysterious ways. 

As the...

By Matthew Harwood
Apr 6, 2015

Discrimination Is Written Into the Fabric of Ferguson’s Government

Discrimination in Ferguson works in not-so-mysterious ways. 

As the...

By By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU

Discrimination in Ferguson works in not-so-mysterious ways. 

As the...

By By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU
Apr 6, 2015

Bishops’ Policy for Immigrant Teenagers: Sorry You Were Raped, but We Won’t Help You

This piece originally appeared at The Washington Post's...

By Matthew Harwood

This piece originally appeared at The Washington Post's...

By Matthew Harwood