On the heels of the Maryland State Police spying scandal, the ACLU is ringing the alarms over “fusion centers.”read more

Mukasey Tries End Around Supreme Court

Bush’s Justice Department, a misnomer if ever there was one, won’t give up on its pathetic game to deny detainees their right to habeas corpus.read more

I was a victim of the spying by the Maryland State Police.read more

Max Obuszewski is a seasoned, nonviolent peace activist in Maryland.read more

Professor Robert Ovetz was driving through San Francisco on the morning of June 30 when he saw the lights of a police car behind him.

Ovetz pulled over.read more

Meet Dale Decker, 31.

He lives in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, about an hour north of Milwaukee.

On June 25, he decided to fly the American flag upside down on the patio of his apartment.

Decker is upset about the Iraq War, he's upset about the loss of civil liberties in the United States, he's upset about the plans he says are under way for a North American Union with Canada and Mexico, and he's upset about our economy. He himself is unemployed.read more

The full scale of Bush’s assault on our civil liberties may not be known until years after he’s left office.read more

It began the day Kurtz’s wife died of a heart attack on May 11, 2004. When the police and paramedics came, they found some supplies of Kurtz’s they thought were suspicious. He was using some bacteria cultures for an exhibit demonstrating the dangers of biotechnology.read more

Big Brother wants your irises.

George Bush just issued a directive to expand the acquisition of biometric information, and to ensure that agencies across the executive branch share it.read more

Wendy Gonaver was not allowed to teach at Cal State Fullerton last year because she wouldn’t sign the loyalty oath that the read more

There is one group of veterans that isn’t allowed to march in the national memorial parade in Washington on Monday.

That’s the Veterans for Peace, Delwin Anderson Memorial chapter, based in D.C. It’s named after a World War II vet who fought in Italy and then worked for the VA for many years designing programs for injured veterans.

The group had applied to join the National Memorial Day parade.

And initially, anyway, it was accepted.

But then, late last month, the group was told that it didn’t meet the criteria to participate.read more

Wendy Gonaver was hired by Cal-State Fullerton last fall to teach American Studies and Women’s Studies. As part of her American Studies course, she had planned to teach a section on McCarthyism.read more

If you’re planning on going to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, they’re not making it easy on you.If you’re planning on going to protest at the Democratic National Convention iread more

“I have had my voice mailbox filled with messages of hate, bigotry, and racism against the Hispanic population in the United States,” said the superintendent.read more

“It’s not been fun,” says Dr. Norman Fjelstad. “When I went to vote I was confronted. When I went to the grocery store, I was confronted. I get about five phone calls a day. They want me removed from my position unless I’m willing to put in writing that this will never happen again. And I won’t do that. We don’t allow bullying in our schools, and I won’t be bullied by this.”read more