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Date: May 24, 2018 · Category: StoriesSenate Democrats Formally Request Vote to Overrule FCC Termination of Net Neutrality
Date: May 10, 2018 · Category: StoriesAnnouncement: CCDBR is Holding a Team Internet-Aligned Demonstration for Net Neutrality
Date: May 8, 2018 · Category: StoriesMuslim Leaders Settle Lawsuit with NYPD in Resounding Win for Equal Constitutional Protection
Date: April 13, 2018 · Category: COINTELPRO 2.0, StoriesFrom the President: Say No to Torture, Oppose Gina Haspel Nomination as CIA Chief
Date: April 4, 2018 · Category: Stories, TortureDocuments Show FBI Monitored Movements of Black Lives Matter Activists
Date: March 28, 2018 · Category: COINTELPRO 2.0, StoriesReport: Coalition of Immigrant Rights Groups Reaffirms Constitutional Protections for Locally Detained Immigrants and Backs Sanctuary Cities
Date: March 11, 2018 · Category: StoriesPress: Workshopping with FOIA Experts Exposes the Secrets for Compelling Governments to Expose Theirs
Date: March 3, 2018 · Category: StoriesIllinois State Government Joins Ranks of Net Neutrality Defenders Across Country
Date: February 28, 2018 · Category: StoriesChicago Journalist Jamie Kalven’s Subpoena Battle Illustrates the Danger of Indirect Attacks on Press Freedom
Date: February 13, 2018 · Category: Police Accountability, Stories
Invisible Institute Sheds Light on Youth/Police Relations in Chicago
Date: April 22, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Stories, VideosChicago Citizens, Lawyers Gather Outside Mayor Emanuel’s Office to Call for CPD Reforms
Date: March 31, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Prisoners, Prisoners, VideosSolitary Confinement Coming to Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson
Date: March 8, 2015 · Category: Prisoners, Prisoners, Torture, Torture Videos, Videos“Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions” @ Russia Today
Date: December 12, 2012 · Category: Stories, VideosWatch Panels from 12/1 ACLU:ENGAGE Conference Online!
Date: December 6, 2012 · Category: Stories, Videos