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Commentary
Wal-Mart Chooses Fairness, Giving Farmworkers a Boost
The recent commitment by Wal-Mart Stores to the Fair Food Program is a transformational moment in the decades-long struggle for fair treatment of agricultural workers in America but the decision is hardly the last human-rights battle to be won on behalf of this long-oppressed work force.
Feb 7, 2014
Commentary
After NSA Spying Revelations, US Must Reform Rules on Secrecy and Data
The U.S. should make two key reforms. First, the over-designation of material as classified makes it is harder to protect the few real secrets; this must be change. Second, the FISA court must become a gatekeeper for NSA access to communications data.
Nov 14, 2013
Multimedia
Events @ RAND: Security Versus Privacy?
At this October 2013 event, Henry Willis, director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, moderated a panel discussion on U.S. efforts to strike a balance among privacy, security, and liberty.
Oct 24, 2013
Commentary
Limiting the Potential for Racial Profiling of Immigration Laws
Law enforcement agencies should be required to collect data that can be used to monitor the implementation of state and local immigration enforcement laws, to ensure that they are applied in a race-blind manner.
May 3, 2013
Journal Article
State Terrorism and Human Rights: An Incremental Tyranny
Perceived threats to liberty by the military-industrial complex that gave great cause for concern in the past have given way to fears of a security state, which has fueled perception of a perpetual danger requiring endless war.
Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article
Update to The Sigma Scan
This external publication is an online database of short Horizon Scanning Centre think-pieces. RAND Europe updated 25% of the papers on this database, to incorporate more recent policy issues, evidence, and developments.
Jan 1, 2011
Commentary
Police Need to Do a Better Job of Explaining Stop-and-Frisk
Police stops of pedestrians and vehicles, while an important tool in police work, can fuel tensions if not handled properly. Law enforcement agencies must develop plans to address the disparities and tensions that result from their efforts, write K. Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway.
Dec 6, 2007
Commentary
Selecting for Security
The recent decision to conduct random searches of backpacks and packages carried by passengers on New York and Boston subways, commuter trains, and buses has provoked controversy. Americans want better security, but remain wary about how it is provided.
Jul 26, 2005
Report
Die zweischneidige Verfassung [The Double Sided Condition]
While the new Iraqi constitution is relatively forward leaning with respect to women's issues, international attention should maintain focus on the emerging code of law and the manner of implementation, to secure women's equity under its code.
Jan 1, 2005
News Release
RAND Examines What U.S. Can Learn About Domestic Intelligence Collection from UK, France, Canada and Australia
The experiences of domestic intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia can help guide counterterrorism initiatives in the United States.
Apr 7, 2004
Report
The chicano/illegal-alien civil liberties interface
Examines how concern over illegal Mexican migration has resulted in judicial and statutory responses that constrain the constitutional and civil rights of Chicanos. The author reviews major Supreme Court decisions which resulted in judicial approval...
Jan 1, 2004
Commentary
Terrorism in India is Not Just an Internal Threat
The car bombs that last month killed 52 people and wounded more than 150 in Mumbai are the latest and deadliest manifestation of a widening Islamic terrorist campaign in India. The campaign may signal an important new centre of terrorist activity and needs to be closely watched by governments around ...
Sep 30, 2003
News Release
LAPD Needs to Forge New Sense of Professionalism
In order to improve its training and ultimately its performance, the Los Angeles Police Department needs to forge a new sense of professionalism among its officers.
Aug 14, 2003
Commentary
Getting Beyond Boundaries
commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
Jul 16, 2003
Commentary
Connect the Cops to Connect the Dots
commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
Jun 1, 2003
Journal Article
Affirmative Action in Medical Education and Its Effect on Howard and Meharry: A Study of the Class of 1975
Compare medical school graduates in terms of actual choice of specialty, patient characteristics, practice location, and specialty board certification
Jan 1, 1988
Report
Mechanisms for the implementation of civil rights guarantees by educational institutions
Mechanisms for the implementation of civil rights guarantees by educational institutions
Jan 1, 1980
Report
The Science and Politics of Ethnic Enumeration
As the U.S. political system moves toward concepts of group (rather than individual) civil rights, ethnicity has emerged as a major civil grouping principle.
Jan 1, 1980
Report
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Expansion of Program Responsibilities
Describes how the addition of a new responsibility to the Title IV mandate — the delivery of services to eliminate sex discrimination in school districts — has affected the ongoing Title IV mission of assisting the process of racial desegregation ...
Jan 1, 1977
Report
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Review of Program Operations
Discusses the major findings and recommendations of a study evaluating Title IV operations, which provide technical assistance and training services to school districts in various stages of desegregation.
Jan 1, 1976

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Civil Liberties