Tell Everyone: Dissent Is Patriotic
The First Amendment guarantees what some might consider the most fundamental freedoms that define our nation. The ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest is spreading from the streets of New York to cities and towns all across America, and the right t...
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Protecting Protest at Occupy Wall Street
As the Occupy Wall Street movement gains steam, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is standing beside the demonstrators and defending their right to speak their minds. Teams of NYCLU staff and volunteers regularly visit the movement's headq...
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Police Abuse in Puerto Rico: The Urgent Need for Real Change
Today, The New York Times ran letters from Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico, and Rosie Pérez, actress and activist who was a part of an ACLU fact-finding mission on police abuses in Puerto Rico. They were responding to this month'...
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