AltWeeklies Wire
Smarter City or City Under Surveillancenew
Last week the Dig alerted readers to a secret experiment carried out by the City of Boston during the Boston Calling concerts that took place in May and September of last year. Among the revelations therein: Outside contractors helped municipal authorities deploy resources designed to analyze body and facial patterns of “every person who approaches the door” in order to gauge panic levels and crowd sentiment. In this follow-up, again relying in part on privileged documents that were left exposed online, we examine the communications leading up to these surveillance trials in the days, months, and even decade prior to the first Boston Calling.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-15-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Boston Surveillance
City of Boston Testing Facial Recognition Software at Concertsnew
You partied hard at Boston Calling and now there's facial recognition data to prove it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-08-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Wednesday’s Womennew
At the height of the civil rights era, a group of women of varying races and faiths dared to defy the norms of the time. In the summer of 1964, also known as Freedom Summer, women defied their husbands and banded together to tackle one of the most racially segregated cities in the South—Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Maya Miller |
07-17-2014 |
Civil Liberties
White Privilege Is Realnew
The very idea that we can't even agree that simply being white in America comes with privilege indicates that we have limited ability to relate as human beings.
Jackson Free Press |
Funmi F. Franklin |
06-25-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Women: A Catalyst for Changenew
In an exhibit titled "Women: Agents of Change in the American Civil Rights Movement," Jackson State University offers a glimpse into the documentary photography of Dr. Doris A. Derby.
Jackson Free Press |
LaTonya Miller |
06-13-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Women
The death penalty and the worst among usnew
Oklahoma's botched execution of convicted murderer and rapist Clayton Lockett stirred memories of a time when Indiana struggled to kill someone.
NUVO |
John Krull |
05-06-2014 |
Civil Liberties
In the Hoodnew
USAF Capt. Nicolas Aquino was in his own house, minding his own business when deputies showed up on a report of a suspicious Hispanic in a hoodie lurking around a Carmel house. Turns out Aquino was the suspicious Hispanic, and what happened next means he could lose his freedom and his career.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
04-16-2014 |
Civil Liberties
The Police State That Was Mississippinew
One out of every four adult Americans now has a police record. Louisiana and Mississippi lead the nation in putting people behind bars.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
04-14-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Barrett Brown: American Journalist, Whistleblower & Prisonernew
The unofficial face of Anonymous is the only journalist jailed in America for sharing a publicly available link. Who's next?
Long Island Press |
Rashed Mian |
04-10-2014 |
Civil Liberties
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zonesnew
Forty-one years after Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court is charged with deciding whether a 35-foot buffer zone around entrances, exits and driveways of abortion clinics – specifically Planned Parenthoods in Boston, Worcester and Springfield – are constitutional.
Worcester Magazine |
Brittany Durgin |
02-06-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Mandela and the Southnew
When Nelson Mandela spoke to the U.S. Congress on June 26, 1990, the godfather of modern-day Republican obstructionism, the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, wasn't in the chamber.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
12-27-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Engaging in Urban Educationnew
Education activist Delana Ivey, featured in NUVO's July 10, 2013 cover story, is helping to organize a Nov. 9 "to broaden the conversation about education" through workshops, art and play.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
11-07-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Right Makes Mightnew
A living legend of the civil rights movement, federal judge Damon Keith has presided over landmark cases including the desegregation of Pontiac, Mich. public schools and a decision which helped precipitate the demise of the Nixon administration. Keith's life is the subject of a new biography due out this November and writer Jim McFarlin gives readers a glimpse into the life of an American hero.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
10-30-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Appetite for Destructionnew
Conceal-carry permit holders in North Carolina can now bring guns into restaurants and bars. What could go wrong?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-24-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Man Who Returnednew
After 20 years of wrongful imprisonment, a man learns how to adjust to life outside of prison -- the highs, the lows, and recognizing all the time he lost.
SF Weekly |
James Robinson |
10-17-2013 |
Civil Liberties
