Press Association
George Monbiot joins Extinction Rebellion protests in challenge to police powers
Journalist George Monbiot joins fellow Extinction Rebellion protesters by laying down and obstructing the street. The action is a direct challenge to the police's ban on public protest in London that was imposed under section 14 of the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Founding Principles: Civil Liberties
Explore how civil liberties are protected under the Bill of Rights. Through a study of foundational documents like the Constitution and key Supreme Court cases like Barron v. Baltimore, New York Times v. The United States, and Roe v....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Civil Rights and Liberties
In this episode, we review civil rights and civil liberties. Often these terms are used interchangeably, but they are very different. Our civil liberties, contained in the Bill of Rights, once only protected us from the federal...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Affirmative Action
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses affirmative action. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us Supreme Court Justice Ruth B Ginsburg: Civil Liberties, Privacy
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses the opinion she's written that has done the most to advance civil liberties. [5:45]
History Link
History Link: Gordon Hirabayashi
Biography of Gordon Hirabayashi, who defied the U.S. government's curfew and evacuation orders for Japanese and Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.