Civil Liberties

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  WikiLeaks and the War on Whistleblowers

  April 8, 2013 - 

  Three years after WikiLeaks released the video “Collateral Murder,” which documented U.S. troops killing unarmed civilians in Baghdad, whistleblowers face long prison sentences while the politicians and military leaders whose crimes they exposed have gone scot-free.  More

  By Laura Hanna

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  The Guantanamo Effect

  April 1, 2013 - 

  Examining Guantanamo as a military doctrine circulating far beyond the prison itself, artists Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh create an interactive digital archive defining, illustrating and linking key terms and events in the “global war on terror.”  More

  By Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh

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  Warehousing African Migrants in Israel

  February 1, 2013 - 

  With approximately 60,000 African refugees now living in Israel, the Knesset has authorized increasingly draconian measures to detain and deport migrants. Artist Nir Evron showcases the architecture of a new detention center near Israel’s border with Egypt.  More

  By Nir Evron

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  DREAMers: Undocumented Youth Turn Images into Political Acts

  December 19, 2012 - 

  President Obama has granted a swath of undocumented youth stays of deportation under the provisions of the DREAM Act. But he has also deported 1.4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Roberto Lovato explains how art fits into, and can change, this picture.  More

  By Roberto Lovato

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  Audio Interview

  Drawing a Line:
  The Right to Privacy
  

  December 3, 2012 - 

  In October, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of current surveillance law—or, more precisely, debating who has the right to challenge it. The ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer, lead attorney for the case, reports back.  More

  By Rajkamal Kahlon