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Civil Liberties
  • Media
    Judge Throws Out Charges Against Journalist Amy Goodman
    October 17, 2016
    | John Light
    The Democracy Now! host is free but a documentary maker who was also arrested for committing journalism faces a potential 45 years in prison.
  • Inequality
    When Algorithms Work Against Us
    October 14, 2016
    | John Light
    Data scientist and blogger Cathy O'Neil discusses her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, examining the way algorithms and data science are making our society less fair and more unequal.
  • Civil Liberties
    Corporations Want Your Data; the FCC Must Stop Them
    October 6, 2016
    | Jeff Chester
    It's time for the FCC to rein in the digital “Wild West” to protect privacy and net neutrality, as cable and telephone broadband monopolists become powerful data gatekeepers.
  • Justice
    A Horrible Idea: Trump’s Push for Stop-and-Frisk Nationwide
    October 6, 2016
    | Karin Kamp
    Before stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York City, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad spoke out about a program he called an “enduring form of surveillance and racial control.”
  • Civil Liberties
    Wisconsin Is Not Providing the Photo IDs It Requires to Vote
    October 3, 2016
    | Ari Berman
    New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.
  • Arts & Culture
    The African-American History Museum Is About More Than the Past
    September 29, 2016
    | Leah Wright Rigueur
    It doesn't just document the story of a people; it allows it to continue.
  • Justice
    A Primer on the Nationwide Prisoners’ Strike
    September 29, 2016
    | Beth Schwartzapfel
    Prisoners can be forced to work without pay — the Constitution says so.
  • Civil Liberties
    The Wall That Didn't Come Up in the Presidential Debate
    September 27, 2016
    | Emily Schwartz Greco
    During his first meeting with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump did his best to alienate Latinos.
  • Justice
    Hundreds Demand Closure of Notorious New York City Prison
    September 26, 2016
    | John Light
    Rikers Island symbolizes the need for criminal justice reform and fails to reflect the ideals of one of our most progressive cities.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Lost Innocence of 9/11
    September 11, 2016
    | Michael Winship
    The renewed patriotism and commitment we felt 15 years ago has decayed, sullied by jingoism, xenophobia and paranoid fantasies about race and religion.


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