ACLU sues Air Force psychologists over CIA interrogation tactics

Torture tactics were taught under guise of science and pain inflicted on al Qaeda prisoners was "far beyond the legal limits," ACLU says

• Oct 13, 2015

Nation's largest homeless camp "swept" in Hawaii

"You can expect all the homeless to spill into the other neighborhoods," said a mother who lives in the camp with her 4-year-old daughter

• Oct 8, 2015

The scary concerns China's credit scores are raising

They're being used to track political trustworthiness and social status, prompting debate on whether that can happen here

• Oct 8, 2015

Judge denies ACLU motion to halt Honolulu's homeless sweeps

Lawsuit claims sweeps deprive homeless people of food, takes away property "like a thief in the night"

• Sep 23, 2015

Kentucky clerk: Gay friends "know where I stand"

Kim Davis, who already spent 5 days in jail, could be back in court for altering marriage license forms issued to same-sex couples

• Sep 22, 2015

F-bomb insult on speeding ticket is free speech, judge rules

N.Y. village named Liberty ordered to stand trial for arresting man who wrote curse words on payment form accompanying ticket

• Sep 16, 2015

Towns start pulling back on private probation firms

Dozens of towns have canceled contracts with for-profit companies that an advocacy group says exploit the poor

• Aug 13, 2015

Lawsuit: Officer handcuffed mentally disabled kids as punishment

Video of one of the incidents shows 8-year-old Kentucky boy struggling and crying while sitting in a chair

• Aug 4, 2015

Alabama inmate files suit seeking abortion

Lawsuit says the inmate, who wants to temporarily leave jail to get an abortion, was pregnant before she went to jail

• Jul 22, 2015

Should the KKK be allowed to adopt a highway?

Appellate court in Georgia considering whether Ku Klux Klan can participate in highway cleanup program

• Jul 9, 2015

FBI using facial recognition despite privacy fears

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies say it speeds up investigations but privacy groups worry it could be abused

• Jul 6, 2015

Fla. judge blocks law requiring 1-day wait for abortion

Two groups successfully sued to stop the law just a day before it was set to take effect

• Jun 30, 2015

Facial recognition cameras are watching you

No longer limited to photo-tagging, the technology is being used in airports, casinos, malls and even churches every day

• Jun 25, 2015

Video shows cops forcing pregnant woman to ground

ACLU says woman in Barstow, California who was eight months pregnant was arrested in scuffle with police for refusing to identify herself; a judge dismissed the charges against her

• May 26, 2015

Gyllenhaal told 37 is "too old" to play 55-year-old's lover

"It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh," the actress admitted after sharing the story

• May 21, 2015

ACLU says it has proof of gender bias in Hollywood

Group alleges women are routinely passed over for high profile film and TV projects and often find themselves at a hiring disadvantage to men

• May 13, 2015

Police look into video that ACLU calls racial profiling

Video taken by a Colorado Springs man during a March traffic stop has gotten more than 30,000 views on YouTube

• May 4, 2015

​The rise of America's debtors' prisons

Towns around the U.S. are using for-profit probation companies, threatening to jail people who can't afford to pay fines

• Mar 25, 2015

ACLU: Chicago minorities unfairly subjected to stop-and-frisk

Police in Chicago initiated stop-and-frisk procedures at a much higher frequency in summer 2014, the group says

• Mar 23, 2015

Wikipedia suing NSA over spying

The site's founder said government surveillance violates user privacy and "erodes the original promise of the Internet"

• Mar 10, 2015