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Bad police behavior in STL draws protest letters from ACLU, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

September 21, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Missouri region, Police One comment

In St. Louis, bad behavior by police responding to protests about…previous bad police behavior—has sparked another form of protest: the publicly published protest letter.

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NSA data collection raises more questions than answers

January 8, 2014 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Courts, FBI/NSA/CIA, Human Rights, Privacy/surveillance, Technology Leave a comment

In his book, The Republican Brain, Chris Mooney describes how there are certain types of issues in which Democrats mimic the illogical positions of

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NSA vs. ACLU: Split Decision

June 14, 2013 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Courts, Ethics, Government, Human Rights, Obama, Privacy/surveillance, Public safety, Technology, War Leave a comment

The revelation that the federal government has been secretly gathering records on the phone calls and online activities of millions of Americans and foreigners

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Hidden costs of “free” photo voter IDs

March 16, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 6 comments

Once again, the Missouri legislature is attempting to change election laws by restricting voting to people who can present approved, state-issued photo identification. And,

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McCain and Lieberman’s dangerous bill

March 22, 2010 Madonna Gauding Civil Rights, Congress, Politics 2 comments

On March 4th, Senators McCain and Lieberman quietly introduced a bill that Salon Magazine’s Glen Greenwald calls “the single most extremist, tyrannical and dangerous

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