The Civil Liberties Minute

Is torture legal in America?

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Buried on page 29.

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Sagging pants- a jailable offense?

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Freedom for marijuana in Massachusetts?

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Homeless on the street and defenseless in court.

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Shut down Congress? Here we go again.

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Honey, come quick! It's the ACLU carolers!!

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A War On Christmas?

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A D.A. full of ****!

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Will your 2016 vote be counted?

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Donald Trump and the SS St. Louis.

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Get out of jail. Now!

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Is Abortion Still Legal?

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Committing Women Convicted of No Crime to State Prison.

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Cops in schools = students in jail?

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Prisoners have rights. In memoriam: Alvin Bronstein

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Can your race exclude you from serving on a jury?

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Student Privacy in the Surveillance State

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Are you guilty of driving?

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Please Help Me. I Have Nothing.

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Who holds the keys to the jail cells?

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Should cops wear body-worn cameras?

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Your vote has already been counted.

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Can a Muslim become President?

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Trigger warning: the following content may disturb you.

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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former President George W. Bush- soulmates?

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Bail in Black and White

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Pope Francis and the Failed Pardon

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Justice for the family of an African American grandfather shot dead by the police?

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Close Guantanamo Now!

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A Right To Die?

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Ending solitary confinement- a victory.

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Everything you wanted to know about sex offenders, but were afraid to ask.

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It's 2015. Has 1984 arrived?

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Help me, please! Please!

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What Do We Call Torture In Prisons?

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The Dog Did Not Eat Your Homework; It Shredded the Constitution

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We are not like Ferguson. Or are we?

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The death penalty: flourishing or dying?

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Bathroom Battles.

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America: A Christian Nation?

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America is number one! For a really bad reason.

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NEWS FLASH: President Obama has gone to jail...

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Video v. Police Statements

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"You joined the SS."

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Plutocracy!

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Police without tanks: are we all better off?

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Is America opposed to democracy?

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One step over the county line and you die.

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The war on drugs loses again.

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Please tell us, how would you like the state to kill you?

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The Gay Marriage Case: What Justice Kennedy Actually Said

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The next fight for LGBT equality.

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He just walked out of prison from death row.

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A tragedy.

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Are you presumed guilty?

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Everyday we get more illegal.

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Jailed for applauding at a high school graduation?

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Are you a laboratory specimen?

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Ronnie Gilbert 1926-2015

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The business of America is what?

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Making sense of the death penalty verdict in the Tsarnaev case.

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Sunset on the Patriot Act?

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Will tragic killings of cops and by cops result in body cameras on cops?

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Dogs + Drugs + Cops + Cars: the Supreme Court Rules

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Here are the words the government tried to censor.

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Police misconduct in America's toddlin' town.

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FBI lies in trials across America.

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Burned at the stake in America in 2015?

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Cover your mail!

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A question of black and white and Gray: a death in police custody in Baltimore.

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19 years and 14 hours

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Cameras on Cops?

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Just when you thought domestic police surveillance couldn't get worse.

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What penalty for the convicted Boston Marathon bomber?

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Careful! A stingray is about to zap you.

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LGBT? May you shop here?

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Living inside the box

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A death penalty cartoon.

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Is Obama banning sunshine?

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Is the death penalty dying?

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Equal pay day- just around the corner?

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Here's a fraud: MA transparency in government.

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It's our internet! Time to celebrate!

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The question Ferguson, MO leaves unanswered...

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A Top 10 List: Myths on Church and State

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Boston Weak- on the Constitution?

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Misconduct by prosecutors- an epidemic?

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Going out of business? The 5th largest death row in America.

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How is a Facebook post similar to rape, murder, and hostage-taking?

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You won't believe why this man is in solitary confinement.

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The new federal lawsuit against Ferguson, MO.

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Yesterday's and today's legal lynchings.

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The Government Is Spying on Us—Do We Care?

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An Eleven Year Old Wins a Victory for Freedom of Speech.

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How much racially biased policing in allegedly liberal MA?

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Yet another federal government massive surveillance program?

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What is one year of your life worth?

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And we call it "correction."

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Can America say, "Je suis Charlie?"

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