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Civil liberties
Civil liberties news and analysis from The Nation
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September 2, 2019
The US used to tell the world that strong unions were a bulwark against fascism. We should take our own advice and enshrine the right to organize.
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August 22, 2019
Three performances at the world’s biggest arts festival react to transphobic rhetoric in the UK.
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August 21, 2019
The authorities are using unprecedented police brutality and selective arrests to silence pent-up public demands for more democratic governance.
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August 1, 2019
This Cold War relic is an outrageous violation of citizens’ rights.
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July 3, 2019
A new book by David Maraniss captures the spirit of the Independence Day far more truly than Trump’s parade.
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March 8, 2019
The immigration-enforcement agency has launched a deportation campaign involving coercion, “demonstrably false” court declarations, and outright lies.
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February 21, 2019
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
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January 28, 2019
The executive director of the ACLU of Southern California for more than 40 years passed away in November at the age of 91.
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November 20, 2018
If the First Amendment means anything, it is the right to obtain public-interest information from impure, indeed hopelessly tainted, sources.
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November 9, 2018
The ACLU lawyer describes how governments change definitions to exclude people.
