HUMAN RIGHTS
U.S.: End Beating of Children in Public Schools
A new ACLU and Human Rights Watch report finds that more than 200,000 American public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006 – 2007 school year. The report is based on four weeks of research in Mississippi and Texas in 2007 and 2008.
> Read the Report: "A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools"

LGBT RIGHTS
America in Transition: A Transgender Special Forces Colonel vs. the Library of Congress
Video: Schroer v. Library of Congress Plaintiff Diane Schroer Tells Her Story

PRIVACY
Federal Government Expands Database on Travelers
The Department of Homeland Security is creating dossiers of travelers who pass through U.S. border checkpoints, maintains these files for 15 years, and shares this data broadly — including providing access to courts and attorneys in civil litigation like divorce proceedings.
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About the Terrorist Watch List?

GUANTÁNAMO
No Defendant and No Defense at Guantánamo
At the hearing for Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul, the detainee continued to boycott the proceedings, calling it a "legal farce."