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Mar 3, 2015

Ferguson, Black & Blue

Smart Justice

This post originally appeared on the ACLU of Missouri's blog. 

The United States Department of Justice...

By By Jeffrey Mittman

This post originally appeared on the ACLU of Missouri's blog. 

The United States Department of Justice...

By By Jeffrey Mittman
Mar 3, 2015

Company Asks Cops to Keep Use of License Plate Trackers Secret

Free Speech and Pluralism

The NYPD may soon become the latest police department to begin paying private license plate tracking corporation Vigilant Solutions for access to the company’s nationwide location database, according to a...

By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project

The NYPD may soon become the latest police department to begin paying private license plate tracking corporation Vigilant Solutions for access to the company’s nationwide location database, according to a...

By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project
Mar 3, 2015

Reproductive Rights Shouldn't Be Just for the Rich

I just returned from spending two weeks in Alaska challenging a law that withholds almost all Medicaid coverage for abortion from qualified women. Alaska is really far away, and two weeks is a long time to...

By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

I just returned from spending two weeks in Alaska challenging a law that withholds almost all Medicaid coverage for abortion from qualified women. Alaska is really far away, and two weeks is a long time to...

By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Mar 3, 2015

Feds Refuse to Release Documents on “Zero-Day” Security Exploits

Free Speech and Pluralism

Federal agencies served with a Freedom of Information Act request are refusing to release documents related to their purchase, use and disclosure of zero-day exploits, keeping the American public in the...

By By Sonia Roubini, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Federal agencies served with a Freedom of Information Act request are refusing to release documents related to their purchase, use and disclosure of zero-day exploits, keeping the American public in the...

By By Sonia Roubini, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Mar 2, 2015

Thank You Illinois Bar Examiners for Accommodating My Need to Pump During the Test and Extending It to All Nursing Mothers

I gave birth to my first child 8 weeks ago and took the bar exam last week. For a time, this grueling combination did not seem possible – and not because of the exhausting nature of both experiences. But...

By By Kristin Pagano

I gave birth to my first child 8 weeks ago and took the bar exam last week. For a time, this grueling combination did not seem possible – and not because of the exhausting nature of both experiences. But...

By By Kristin Pagano
Mar 2, 2015

Will Nelson Mandela's Solitary Confinement Inspire Positive Change?

It's a short walk from my hotel here in Cape Town to the waterfront. From there you can see Robben Island, the notorious prison where ...

By By David Fathi, National Prison Project

It's a short walk from my hotel here in Cape Town to the waterfront. From there you can see Robben Island, the notorious prison where ...

By By David Fathi, National Prison Project