The use of force detailed in the report “is ultimately a symptom of the very issue that started these protests: unaccountable police violence.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) In a report titled “The World is ...
The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration is the subject of a new documentary, The Fight. The legal battles between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration ...
“It was very lengthy screening with no ability to leave. So whether you want to call that detention or something else is up to you. But the core fact of the matter remains. This seemed ...
Wisconsin is now the 10th state to pass an ALEC-inspired “critical infrastructure protection” bill, and other states are considering similar proposals to ban pipeline protests. Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law ...
The Trump administration has requested to amend a settlement that would allow them to indefinitely detain migrant children, but activist organizations have vowed to fight it. (By Kevin Johnson, The Conversation) The Trump administration is ...
“The NSA has been vacuuming up hundreds of millions of Americans’ call records as part of a program that is hopelessly complex and lacks any discernible evidence of its value.” The Trump administration urged Congress ...
Voter fraud is extremely rare. States using unreliable data to justify purges of eligible voters, however, is not. (ACLU) The president of the United States is once again spreading unsubstantiated claims about rampant voter fraud and undermining ...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report detailing the dangers inherent in the proposed U.S.-Mexico wall. Other environmental groups joined with ACLU to condemn the proposed border wall, saying it is politically motivated ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) is currently facing mounting pressure from 42 civil liberties groups. The groups, representing millions of Americans, are demanding that the D.H.S. release the original, unedited version of a ...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemns Amazon’s facial recognition tool, Rekognition, as invasive and dangerous. Rekognition is powered by artificial intelligence. It is capable of identifying faces from photo databases with several millions of ...
Check out this Resistance podcast! Listen⇒KVoice of Resistance On this Resistance Podcast. We discuss the Republican party and its shortcomings. We explore the rise of populist autocrats with fascistic tendencies and a patent disdain for ...
“We hope today’s verdict begins the important work of teaching police and prosecutors to respect the line between lawbreaking and constitutionally protected protest.” (Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson) In a decision civil liberties groups applauded ...