As Jon Gaither wrote about in his blog yesterday, the ACLU is celebrating “40 Years of Title IX” this week with a blog series that will explore the importance of this groundbreaking statute on the American education system, while at the same time underscoring just how far we still have left to go.
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We were relieved in January when the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted unanimously against LD 1095, a bill designed to facilitate the creation and use of private prisons in Maine.  Of course, as we like to say, no civil liberties victory ever stays won.  Last month, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) sent letters to Governors across America offering to buy up their prisons as a remedy for "challenging corrections budgets." | continue reading

Reading about drones, lately?  It might not be long before we are actually seeing them.
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Kathleen Maxian has advanced-stage ovarian cancer that could have been prevented. When Myriad Genetics patented the two genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer they put Kathleen and thousands like her at risk.
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Today's Bangor Daily News features an article on the first Maine inmate to come back from an out-of-state prison since a new policy was put in place last May.

Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte deserves credit for following through on his promise to establish clear guidelines for when a prisoner can be moved out of state and criteria on which they can return.

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This morning Laura Murphy, Director of our Washington Legislative Office appeared on NBC’s Today to discuss the recent controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s announcement that it would keep in place a proposed rule that ensures that new insurance plans include coverage of contraception.
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Yesterday, the Transportation Security Agency held its official unveiling of three new full-body scanners at the Portland International Jetport.  These are, of course, the same scanners that notoriously produced "nude" images of passengers and the corresponding heavy handed TSA policy of patting down anyone who refused to go through the machine.
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