Civil Liberties
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
The War on Pot is Over! (If We Want It)
Never again will a pol gain votes by attacking pot legalization.
European Agencies Worked Together with England on Surveillance
So perhaps some of the outrage is a bit staged
Prison Opens Former Police Chief's Eyes to Ravages of Mandatory Minimums
People's lives destroyed for small amounts of drugs
Court Strikes Down Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
Violation of businesses' religious freedom
Texas Law Banning Sexual Online Speech Involving Minors Overturned
Ruled overly broad and infringing of free speech rights
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Most of Texas' Abortion Restrictions
Only days after a federal judged the restrictions were unconstitutional
Kenyan Media Not Happy About New Journalism Regulation Bill
Proposed tribunal would have the power to fine journalists for breaking a code of conduct
How the Police Endanger Public Safety
Law enforcement policies increasingly put the public at risk.
Indonesian MP Urges Government To Act Over Spying Concerns
There have been reports of American and Australian snooping
The NSA Reform Bill That Isn't Pushes Forward
The bill by the woman who loves (most) NSA surveillance fails to reform NSA surveillance. Imagine that.
Tech Giants Call For Restraints Following Reporting on NSA
Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL officials have sent a letter to Senate leaders
John Kerry: Spying Went Too Far in Some Cases
But says surveillance has prevented terrorist attacks
Senate Committee Votes for Feinstein's Surveillance Non-Reform
Authorizes mass collection of telephone metadata
Some Saudi Men Help Attempt to End Ban on Women Driving
Risk their own jobs and public backlash
Residents Win Eminent Domain Fight in Centralia, Pa.
May remain in their homes in town abandoned due to decades-old coal fire
German Journalists Urged to Avoid Using Google, Yahoo
Because of latest NSA surveillance revelations
Florida Man Faces Charges for Taunting, Killing Rattlesnake
He held a venomous reptile without the appropriate permit
