The Civil Liberties Minute: Recent Episodes

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Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

What words are NOT in the Constitution? And why does it matter?

Abortion rights under attack.

Putin, America, and censorship.

Russian propaganda and the importance of a free press.

Gerrymandering in Nashville

"Predetermined" would be a nicer name.

To: His Excellency the Governor

From: The ACLU

Re: The Coronavirus Pandemic

A new death penalty is being carried out in prison and jails in the United States.

Can President Trump use the COVID-19 crisis as a rationale to cancel the 2020 elections?

The time for mail-in voting is now.

This episode, one in a series about COVID-19, focuses on those who live paycheck to paycheck.

This episode, one in a series about COVID-19, deals with population control measures that may be enacted by state and federal governments to minimize the spread of this pandemic.

This episode, one in a series about COVID-19, deals with populations which are or may be at risk of being incarcerated during this public health crisis.

What does our nation's founding document say about how to handle an epidemiological event like this one?

Not just at our southern border.

That's Stone-cold scary.

Can it really be a federal crime to save people who otherwise will die of dehydration and exposure?