Stigmatizing Boston's Muslim Community is No Way to Build Trust
The Department of Justice’s new pilot program to counter violent extremism will launch in Boston.
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Why Your New iPhone Has Law Enforcement in a Tizzy
Apple’s move won’t lead to terrorist attacks or unsolved kidnappings; it will simply make FBI investigators’ jobs a bit harder. -
Voter Suppression: How Bad? (Pretty Bad)
The last large-scale push to curb voting access was more than a century ago, after Reconstruction. Until now. -
Finally, Hope for Louisiana’s Wrongfully Convicted
What can people do to help ensure that the next wrongfully convicted person doesn’t languish for decades in prison? -
A Redistricting Case About More than Redistricting
Texas’s recent redistricting battle could have national implications for voting rights advocates. -
No Winners, Only Losers, When it Comes to Judicial Vacancies
When the executive and legislative branches don’t ensure that there are enough judges to fairly and consistently administer the rule of law, the justice system fails. -
The Spies Who Bilked Us
Lavishing intelligence agencies with money and power has only magnified their failures. -
Don't Lose Track: Here's What's Going On with the NSA
An independent oversight board called the NSA’s bulk collection program illegal. Then, last month, they gave the NSA a pass on warrantless collection of Americans’ calls and e-mails. Why the hands-off approach this time around? -
NYPD vs. Muslims: The Bias Continues
The NYPD is targeting the city’s Muslims in the hope of turning them into informants. Keeping people in jail because of their religion, even if just a “few hours longer” than normal, is unconscionable and unconstitutional. -
Annals of Detention, America 2014
Recent reports of abuse and neglect of prison detainees should serve as an alarm that the treatment of our nation’s prisoners is dehumanizing and wrong.
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