Bio
Trained as a lawyer and social scientist, Phyllis Eckhaus has written for numerous publications, including Newsday, The Nation, Alternet, and In These Times, where she was a contributing editor. She lives in New York City.
Featured work
![Old telephone lines at dawn](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/telephone_wires_by_brad_smith_credit-400x266.jpg)
Jun 28, 2016
How Patent Law Held Back Communications Technology
![Photo of vintage car parked on Cuban street](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/cuban_car_by_romtomtom_credit-400x266.jpg)
Jun 29, 2015
Cubans See Freedom and Internet Access as One