Florida Teacher Suspended Five Days For Forcing Fourth Grader to Recite Pledge of Allegiance: "If you can't put your hand on your heart, then you need to move out of the country"
It's America, teacher suggests
Civil Liberties
Angolan Teen Jailed For Printing T-Shirts Calling President a Dictator Begins Hunger Strike
Charged with insulting the president
German Foreign Ministry Summons British Ambassador Over Spying Claims
Responding to reporting from The Independent
Appeals Court Vacates Murder Conviction of Missouri Man Against Whom State Has Weak Case
Claims he's innocenct--eyewitness and alleged accomplice recently recanted testimony
NJ Parents Suing Chris Christie Over Gay Conversion Therapy Ban
Want to "treat" their teen son
Read Reason's Complete November 2013 Issue
The end of pot prohibition in Colorado, how to break an American city, the scientific case for decriminalization, and more.
Congressman Asks Instagram to Stop Its Users from Selling Guns
Wants them to follow the lead of other online sites
Half of Adult Twitter Users Follow News Through Social Media Platform
Typically on mobile devices
St. Louis Routinely Jails the Wrong People
100 misidentified people stuck behind bars for a total of 2,000 days across seven years
Bill Preventing Anti-Gay Job Discrimination Passes Senate Hurdle
Prospects in the House not so good
Washington Post Explains How It Knows NSA Accessed Google, Yahoo Data
In response to NSA criticism of reporting
Bill Banning Anti-Gay Job Discrimination Has Votes to Pass Senate
House passage is not likely
Supreme Court Declines Involvement in Okla. Abortion Pill Case
Previous rulings invalidated state ban on RU-486
The Madness of Law Enforcement's Escalating Brutality
It's a spiraling descent into insane tactics as frustrated law enforcers face-off with a non-compliant population.
NSA Chief Keith Alexander Likely To Be Stripped of Authority Over US Cyber Command
Decision to be made by senior military officials
Brazil Acknowledges It Spied on American Diplomats
Officials have been complaining about American surveillance
Virginia's Libertarian Moment
Robert Sarvis will not win, but some libertarian principles will.
Senate Mulls Outlawing Anti-Gay Job Discrimination; What Will Come of Freedom of Association?
Most Americans now support such laws
Snowden Says US and UK "Worst Offenders" When it Comes to "Criminal Surveillance Programs"
Comments made in letter published by German newspaper Der Spiegel
Investigation Finds CIA Made Doctors Torture Terror Suspects
Were told ethical standards didn't apply because the suspects weren't ill
UK Ministers Banned From Bringing iPads To Cabinet Meetings Because of Spying Fears
Chinese could be listening
Google's Executive Chairman Slams the NSA
"It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true"
White House Staffers Increasingly Using Twitter as Part of Communications Strategy
More than a dozen additional staffers have been given official Twitter accounts since July
