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Civil liberties groups are urging Congress to block the FBI from viewing Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant
The Senate last week passed a reauthorization of the Patriot Act that included language granting th…
Aaron Holmes
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Attorney General Bill Barr made a wild claim that coronavirus lockdowns were 'the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history' since slavery
Barr's comments were widely panned online, with one person saying he seemed to have forgotten the U…
Ashley Collman
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Alabama school board votes to remove names of Confederate leaders from 2 buildings and rename them after civil rights figures
"Our job is to make our spaces comfortable for our kids," Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent …
Pocharapon Neammanee
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Allahabad High Court says uniform civil code is a necessity and mandatorily required today
The court directed marriage registrar or officer of petitioners' districts to immediately regist…
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A former Blackwater contractor pardoned by Trump said he 'acted correctly' and feels at 'peace' for his role in death of 14 Iraqi civilians
In an Associated Press interview, Evan Liberty showed little remorse for his role in the 2007 Baghd…
Connor Perrett
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How civil rights attorney Ben Crump came to represent George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black America
Ben Crump has become Black America's go-to lawyer in every major police brutality case. "CIVIL," a …
Yoonji Han
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A lawyer who argued against the overturning of Roe V. Wade at the Supreme Court said that all 'liberty rights' are connected — and now deeply under threat
"You can't just remove a single block in the tower without everything falling down," Alexia Korberg…
Azmi Haroun
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After Texas calls healthcare for trans kids 'child abuse,' families of color fight back: 'Our children are just like your children.'
A new order in Texas is one of many in recent years denying trans children healthcare and basic rig…
DeArbea Walker
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Twitter CEO and his colleagues donate $1.5 million to fight Trump visa ban
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the donation and the numbers involved to the tech industry news we…
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Syrian secret-police officer sentenced to life in world's first trial over state torture during the civil war
Anwar Raslan, now 58, was accused of overseeing dozens of murders and the torture of thousands of p…
Sinéad Baker
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Democrats are bucking civil-liberties and disability groups and trying to revisit a controversial gun measure that Trump rescinded
"The thousands of Americans whose disability benefits are managed by someone else range from young …
Joe Perticone
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Trump is not a fan of civil liberties, and Americans are more willing to give up their rights when they're scared. Here's why there's reason to be concerned, regardless of what happens with Iran
But Policinski also notes that "there is a strain in America that seems willing to surrender its li…
Anthony L. Fisher
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A top Wall Street banker has quit his job to fight for civil liberties
"We wish Amer and his family every happiness, and especially in pursuing his passion for the promot…
Frank Chaparro
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An experimental policing tool is gaining traction across the country - and there are major civil liberties concerns
Police departments have always attempted to more efficiently direct their resources by making predi…
Michelle Mark
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36 civil rights organizations urge Biden to cancel $50,000 in student debt per borrower
The NAACP, ACLU, and other civil rights organizations said the student debt burden disproportionate…
Ayelet Sheffey
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'Divided We Fall' author David French on why America could come apart, the loss of free speech culture, and how Trump could be the GOP's new Reagan
The Never Trump conservative writer talks about his new book, "Divided We Fall: America's Secession…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Trump is defending Confederate monuments as his GOP allies compare anti-racism protesters to the Confederacy
The president's allies are trying to portray anti-racism protesters and their agenda that opposes t…
John Haltiwanger
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The ACLU and other civil- and disability-rights groups filed a brief asking an LA court to allow Britney Spears to choose her own lawyer
"Britney Spears has said that she wants to pick her own lawyer and the court should respect that wi…
Connor Perrett
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Why Private Prison Giant CCA Is Getting Rich
Lock-up quotas are only example of a policy that fills CCA's coffers. Another could be immigration …
Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon, A…
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Lucknow civil court to remain closed on Thursday as bar association official tests COVID positive
The Judge passed the order on the recommendation of a committee comprising judges to look into issu…