Civil Liberties Minute episodes: Freedom to Hear and Know/Government Accountability

The Douglas School Board
What was this school board thinking when it appropriated over $2 million for private religious schools--and can it get away with that? Has the wall of separation of church and state crumbled that much?

Policing the Police
We again must ask: "Who watches the watchmen? Who polices the police?"

BPD Spying
Is the Boston Police Department spying on political activists?

10 Years After 9/11
Around this, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, let's consider whether America deserves to call itself free.

Spending a Minute
Why spend even a minute on the case of a man who the police say they had to pepper spray and wrestle to the ground and ultimately got 30 days for resisting arrest?

Civil Liberties Minute: A Lousy Spring
2011 was a really lousy spring...for the Fourth Amendment.

Civil Liberties Minute: Protecting Whistle Blowers
What ever happened to Barack Obama's promise to protect whistle blowers?

Civil Liberties Minute: The Texas Governor
When the Texas Governor leads his large Christian evangelical prayer service, do we have a problem involving the separation of church and state?

Civil Liberties Minute: Simon Glik
Simon Glik could've walked away when he witnessed Boston police officers punching a man on the Boston Common...but didn't.

Civil Liberties Minute: Birther Bull
What are we to make of the fact that President Obama, having released his long form birth certificate, has failed to silence birther bull****?

Civil Liberties Minute: Fukushima
Are Constitutional issues buried under the rubble of the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan?

Civil Liberties Minute: Bradley Manning
Is it ok for America to torture a soldier - an American soldier - held in pre-trial confinement?

Civil Liberties Minute: Police on the Prowl?
A Chicago police officer, responding to a domestic call, allegedly used the occasion to fondle the resident Tiwanda Moore. You won't believe what happened next.

Civil Liberties Minute: The Fight for Net Neutrality
Now that the FCC has acted, might you still wake up one morning and find that net neutrality--the internet as you've known it--has vanished?

Civil Liberties Minute: When the President Commits a Crime
When a former President of the United States confesses to committing serious crimes while in office, what happens?

Beyond the Politics of Fear
A special podcast presentation by Glenn Greenwald

Civil Liberties Minute: Cheney's Papers
What happened to Dick Cheney's papers?

Civil Liberties Minute: FBI versus Wikipedia
The FBI, according to a report in the New York Times, is closing in on... Wikipedia.

Civil Liberties Minute: Learning from WikiLeaks
So what's the lesson we should learn about WikiLeaks disclosing 91,000 pages of classified information about the Afghanistan War?

Civil Liberties Minute: Who Thinks You're a Terrorist?
I'm sorry to have to break this to you, but the government may think you're a terrorist.

Civil Liberties Minute: A Popular Vote
Here's a wild idea: How about presidential elections in America, where the candidate with the most votes for sure will win.

Civil Liberties Minute: Appeals Court
Due to a recent decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the state's Department of Corrections will have to come clean.