Harvest of Power
In 1975, Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union pushed through an unprecedented labor law in California. Now they are reaping the rewards in oppressive control over farming and farm workers.
Civil Liberties
Serially Sued Utah Trooper Faces New Lawsuit by Disabled Man Who Alleges Mistreatment During DUI Stop
Lisa Steed was fired in 2011 and tried unsuccessfully to appeal the decision.
States Diverge Widely on Abortion Policy
Big split between restrictions and liberalized approach
Low-Level NSA Workers Have Easy Access to Stored Phone and Internet Records, Says Greenwald
And government workers never misuse data
IRS Targeted Previously Approved Tax-Exempt Groups, Says Issa
Getting approved wasn't the only battle
95-Year-Old Dies After Cops Taze, Shoot Him With Bean Bag Rounds
After tasing him first.
Opinion: Ending NSA Surveillance Requires Dumping the FISA Court and Part of the PATRIOT Act
Strip the authority for abuses
Pat Robertson on Sex-Change Operations: 'I Don't Think There's Any Sin Associated With That'
First the pot thing, now this
Lawsuits Over Copyright for To Kill a Mockingbird
Literary agent accused of duping author
Glenn Greenwald, Julian Sanchez, Other Surveillance Critics to Testify in Congress
Greenwald to join via video link
Bradley Manning Trial Verdict Expected Tomorrow
Don't expect wall-to-wall coverage on cable news though
The Cannabis Is Out of the Bag
Why prohibitionists have an interest in allowing marijuana legalization
Adam Kokesh Denied Bail
Posted a video of himself loading a gun in DC's Freedom Plaza
Marshall Fired for Sexually Assaulting Woman in Nevada Family Court
Judge wasn't paying attention
DOJ List Honors Slave Catchers Killed in the Line of Duty
Two of them from the 1850s among a list of marshals killed while on duty
Police Shoot Man Getting Cigarettes From Car In His Own Driveway
Probably for his own good
Revelations Erode Support for NSA Spying
The public and even congresscritters abandon ship
Department of Justice Honors Slave Catchers for Their Service to the Law
Roll call for marshals killed in the line of duty includes two men killed while trying to catch fugitive slaves
Russian Law Would Ban Profanity From the Internet
Seriously? The whole language sounds like a string of curses.
95-Year-Old Man Dies After Cops Shoot Him With Beanbag Rounds
This didn't occur to them as a likelihood?
Illinois Grabs Guns From Mentally Ill, Those Who Violate Laws
Good reason to stay unregistered
