Civil Liberties

LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act

Equal rights advocates march in front of the White House in 2017.

Setting Stage for 'Landmark Moment for Equality,' Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Workplace LGBTQ Discrimination

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"The impact of this decision will have very real consequences for millions of LGBTQ people across the country."

'So Overboard It Should Be Illegal': Use of Facial Recognition in Airports Draws Anger

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Passengers at LAX using biometric boarding.

"It's actually the U.S. government that's implementing the biometric matching...

'Terrible News': US Supreme Court Rules for Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"The Guardian" or "Authority of Law" statue by James Earle Frasier in front of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.

"A major setback for civil liberties."

Mitch 'Nuclear Option' McConnell Poised to Turn Steady Stream of Trump's Right-Wing Judges Into a Flood

'Illegal Boondoggle': US Government Rebuked for Giving 1,400 Private Companies Access to Dubious Terrorism Watchlist

National Emergency? Here Are the Real Emergencies an Outraged Nation Tells President Trump

Warnings of Trumpism 'Forever' as Senate GOP Rams Through 44 Lifetime Judges in One Day

Warning More Surveillance Would Violate Civil Liberties at Border and Beyond, Rights Groups Say So-Called "Smart Wall" Is Dumb

With Facial Recognition Technology at 'Crossroads,' 90 Groups Urge Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Not to Collude With Big Brother

'Not a Good Answer': Privacy Advocates Reject Democratic Proposal for 'Technological Wall' With Expanded Border Surveillance

FBI Files Show Agents Tracked Non-Violent 350.org Climate Activists as Part of 'Domestic Terrorism Case'

You, and Everyone Else in the Whole Country, Just Got an Unsolicited Text From President Donald Trump

Warning of Propaganda 'Loudspeakers' in Every American's Pocket, Lawsuit Aims to Stop Trump's Unblockable Text Messages

Billionaire NFL Owners Rebuked for Announcing Fines for Teams If Players #TakeAKnee

'User Manual for Authoritarian Surveillance': ACLU Red Alert as Amazon Peddles Facial Recognition Tool to Police

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Here Is Some of the Human Misery Caused by President Trump’s Muslim Ban From Those Most Impacted

With the sweep of his pen, President Donald Trump caused the U.S. immigration system to go into total disarray and sowed global chaos and confusion on Friday afternoon. The executive order he signed at 4:42 p.m. suspended all Syrian refugees from entering the country indefinitely, prohibited any other refugees from coming into the country for 120 days, and banned foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the country for 90 days. Refugees and people were caught...