Strict new laws call for sex offenders to be electronically monitored for life. Critics say the technology won't stop crimes but is fueling hysteria -- and is even counterproductive.
Katharine Mieszkowski Tuesday, Dec 19, 2006 1:00 PM UTC
News ACLU
A Colorado University sophomore keeps the ACLU in business.
Chris Colin Saturday, Nov 11, 2006 1:21 AM UTC
Life Education, Broadsheet, ACLU
The Department of Education retools Title IX, allowing more same-sex ed.
Marisa Meltzer Wednesday, Oct 25, 2006 10:06 PM UTC
Life Education, Broadsheet, ACLU, Gender
The ACLU quashes a Louisiana school board's sex-segregation plans.
Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Aug 11, 2006 1:12 AM UTC
Life Broadsheet, ACLU, Love and Sex
Citing Salon's publication, government abandons its fight to keep images of abuse secret.
Mark Benjamin and Michael Scherer Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 12:00 PM UTC
News Abu Ghraib, ACLU
For at least one legislator, that means the laws not working.
Lynn Harris Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 8:51 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Broadsheet, ACLU
A motley crew that includes Christopher Hitchens, Larry Diamond and Greenpeace is suing the NSA, claiming that Bush's wiretap program is inhibiting free speech.
Michael Scherer Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 12:35 PM UTC
News ACLU, Christopher Hitchens
The ACLU Web site adds real voices to the emergency contraception debate.
Lynn Harris Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005 12:47 PM UTC
Life Broadsheet, ACLU, Love and Sex
The right-wing crusade against the liberal "war on Christmas" is great for rallying the troops. Too bad the war doesn't exist.
Michelle Goldberg Monday, Nov 21, 2005 12:11 PM UTC
News Bill O'Reilly, Christmas, ACLU
The Army calls off its investigation of the pictures-for-porn swap just as a federal judge says the government must release more photos from Abu Ghraib.
Tim Grieve Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 6:28 PM UTC
Politics War Room, Abu Ghraib, ACLU
As more evidence surfaces that the Bush administration can't be bothered with scientific accuracy, the ACLU tries framing science as a national security issue.
Page Rockwell Tuesday, Jun 21, 2005 9:42 PM UTC
Politics War Room, ACLU, Science
Newly declassified files on detainee abuse include sworn statements by a Pentagon employee about a military interrogator who threw the Koran on the floor and "stepped on it" -- provoking detainees to riot.
Joe Conason Friday, May 27, 2005 8:37 PM UTC
Politics Afghanistan, Iraq war, Abu Ghraib
From the Terri Schiavo case to expanded government powers in the war on terrorism, conservative libertarians are palling around an awful lot these days with the political left.
Mark Follman Wednesday, Mar 23, 2005 8:29 PM UTC
Politics Terrorism, War Room, ACLU
By persuading the Dover, Pa., school board to teach creationism, Christian zealots have provoked a showdown over the status of not just evolutionary theory, but science itself.
Michelle Goldberg Tuesday, Jan 11, 2005 12:26 AM UTC
News Evolution, Charles Darwin
Why is the Secret Service treating harmless professors and pacifist homeless advocates like they're members of al-Qaida?
Justin Rood Friday, Aug 6, 2004 6:19 PM UTC
News ACLU
Six decades before Guantanamo, Fred Korematsu refused to go quietly when the government tried to put him in a prison camp because of his race.
Gary Kamiya Tuesday, Jun 29, 2004 10:36 PM UTC
All Salon Supreme Court, Guantanamo, ACLU
The government tells the Supreme Court that Web publishers should relax -- a Web censorship law only applies to the "worst" porn peddlers. But why should we trust it?
Scott Rosenberg Wednesday, Mar 3, 2004 2:54 PM UTC
Entertainment Pornography, ACLU
How the Secret Service and the White House keep protesters safely out of Bush's sight -- and off TV.
Dave Lindorff Thursday, Oct 16, 2003 6:52 PM UTC
News ACLU
Activists on the left and right -- including a 71-year-old Milwaukee nun and an art dealer who told other passengers that President Bush "is dumb as a rock" -- have long complained they were being hassled by airport security. After months of silence, the federal government says: It's true.
Dave Lindorff Friday, Jul 25, 2003 11:38 PM UTC
News FBI, CIA, George W. Bush
At the Berkeley graduation I told the students that the secret to success was simple -- ignore your parents' expectations, give money to the ACLU, and find out the truth about who you are.
Anne Lamott Friday, Jun 6, 2003 7:22 PM UTC
Life Motherhood, ACLU, Academia