American Civil Liberties Union

Contract Negotiations between the ACLU and UAW Local 2110 Trudge On

Yesterday the ACLU and the UAW Local 2110 sat down yet again to negotiate the terms of a new five-year contract for the 28 employees it represents. After bargaining and caucusing late into the night, negotiations failed to produce a contract both sides could agree on.

ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero Claims the Labor Union Is "Extorting" Him by Talking to the Village Voice

After yesterday's story about the the planned picket line of union workers at the ACLU headquarters over botched contract negotiations, Runnin' Scared spoke with ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. In no uncertain terms, he said that Local 2110 was being unfair, not him.

The American Civil Liberties Union Is Messing With Its Own Workers

Try this for irony: The ACLU is taking a melon baller to its union workers' contracts. The collective bargaining unit representing legal assistants, receptionists, bookkeepers, accounting assistants, mail clerks, and most of the rest of the ACLU's support staff plans to picket the national headquart ... More >>

*UPDATE: Judge Allows Censor of Testimony* Censorship Ruling Expected at Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Military Tribunal Hearing

[UPDATE]: Testimony at the 9/11 military tribunal trial at Guantanamo Bay will be subject to censorship, according to court documents released yesterday. Judge Col. James Pohl ruled last week that the testimony of the defendants, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, could conta ... More >>

Censorship Ruling Expected at Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Military Tribunal Hearing

The military tribunal -- where alleged 9-11 master-mind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9-11 conspirators will be tried -- is expected to rule at a pre-trail hearing today on the government's request to censor testimony. The government filed the motion back in April, requesting that ... More >>

Want to Really F**k The Po-Lice? There's An App For That (Compliments Of The ACLU)

The New Jersey branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has developed a smartphone app that allows users to easily record what happens during a police stop without the officer knowing he or she is getting recorded. The app is called "Police Tape" and was developed with the idea of letting the ge ... More >>

Who Will Protect Your Passwords From Your Boss?

A few weeks back, The Associated Press reported some more sucky news about the job market: Employers increasingly want passwords to social networking sites, and will demand that info from prospective employees on job apps. Creeped out because H.R. might soon click through your private spring break ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy

Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

ACLU Not Representing Balloon Boy Family, Says ACLU

​How refreshing to get a moment -- just a moment -- of clarity in the Balloon Boy story. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, who expects to bring charges against the Balloon Boy's dad, Richard Heene, has told reporters the ACLU is representing the Heene family. In other media sources, it is ... More >>

Hillstock Went Off This Weekend, Despite a Landlord's Last Minute Discovery That There Was a Festival on His Roof

ACLU Benefit Hillstock, the first ever installment of this permit-less backyard-and-rooftop festival, went off this weekend--though there was one hitch. The quieter Sunday singer-songwriter portion was supposed to happen on the rooftop of co-organizer Eric Williams, yet Eric's landlord magically di ... More >>

"Ring of Steel" Spycams Proposed for Midtown Traitors' Nest

Oh great: the panopticon New York has created around Ground Zero may be coming to midtown. If Commissioner Kelly gets his ways and the funds from Homeland Security, thousands of surveillance cameras will be installed the width of Manhattan between 34th and 59th Streets. They'll be recording your mo ... More >>

Immigrants To Lose DNA, Right to Adequate Counsel

Beginning today, the U.S. government will collect DNA samples from people arrested and detained for suspected immigration violations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Expectedly, the usual suspects are battling it out: An ACLU tech expert is concerned that "people who are merely accused of a crime or ... More >>

Goodbye to All That

Bloomberg's Cops Illegally Cuffing Kids Under 16?

New report shows New York police arresting schoolchildren for non-crimes

The CIA's No-Questions-Asked Travel Agent

A private corporation joins Bush administration's conspiracy to obstruct justice

Spying on Big Brother

Now you can find out if you're being surveilled by the FBI or the NYPD.

Bliss or Miss

Getting over the gay-wedding jitters

ACLU Seeks Pentagon Files

Morning Report 7/27/05
Veiled Threat

Morning Report 4/6/05
Spying on You, and Other Unpatriotic Acts

Some Children Left Behind—in Abu Ghraib

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

What Did Rumsfeld Know?

ACLU releases documents of U.S. torture of detainees by more than 'a few bad apples'

Letters

The Spinning Wheel

A story in The New York Times causes an ACLU leader to scurry to create a cover-up

Disorder at the ACLU

ACLU head signed agreement to abide by a requirement of the patriot act

Theater

The Eyes Have It

Prying in a Terrorized World

The Diminishing of John Ashcroft

A Bipartisan Groundswell of Rebellion

First Amendment Treats for the Rich

The Media Blew This One Big-Time

A Woman's Life Versus an Inept Press

The ACLU Supports a 'Constitutional' Death by Starvation

Conservatives Rise for the Bill of Rights!

'Everyone in This Room Is a Suspect'

Bush-Ashcroft vs. Homeland Security

Clean Air Act Polluted by the Justice Department

Red Alert for Bill of Rights!

Justice Department vs. Democracy

The New American Freedom Fighters

Organizing Against General Ashcroft

Letters

War Among Civil Libertarians

A Rigged Board Election at the NYCLU?

Remembering Why We Are Americans

Who's That Next to Us at the Meeting?

The ACLU on the Ramparts

Who’s Afraid of John Ashcroft?

Burglars With Badges

The Return of 'Black Bag Jobs'

John Ashcroft v. the Constitution

Giving the FBI a ‘Blank Warrant’

Baiting 'The Beast'

Thomas and Sic Heil Politics

Scary Move

When Both Parties Team Up to Target Hollywood, Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid!

From Peace to Pellets

ACLU Condemns Police Response

Washington 451

No Fair Trials for Cops?

The Presumption of Innocence Gets Lost

The ACLU Strikes Back

Lawsuit Filed Against the FBI for Foul Play

How Free Can Speech Be?

The Names of Murdered Doctors Are Crossed Out

When the ACLU Supports Discrimination

'Diversity Cannot Continue by Crude Racial Categories'