AltWeeklies Wire
Strip Searches? Not In The Dealnew
A lawsuit raises questions about the treatment of ICE detainees brought to El Paso County jail.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
12-30-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Profiled In My Front Yardnew
All that police work for such a small amount of weed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Phillip Morris |
12-22-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Gun-Toters Among Usnew
People like to be armed in public for various reasons -- out of concern for their safety, a sense that it is their right, or just because. A look into the minds of the gun-toters among us.
Isthmus |
Joe Tarr |
12-03-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Guns
Latin Kings Fight Onnew
Complaint is filed with the US Justice Department alleging that the Greensboro Police Department has engaged in a pattern of discrimination against the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
11-15-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Latin Kings, DOJ
DOJ Representative Visits Greensboro Following Community Delegation to Washingtonnew
A delegation of black and Latino Greensboro police officers, members of the North Carolina Latin Kings street organization, pastors and other citizens visited the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
10-22-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Knock, Knock. Who's there? The FBInew
A Durham man is targeted by the feds as part of widespread raids in the U.S.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-01-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Anarchism Finds Comradesnew
Fifth annual Festival of Anarchy takes on Victoria's conservative image.
Monday Magazine |
Danielle Pope |
09-27-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Global Village of the Damnednew
A year ago this month, world leaders and protesters descended on Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit. Is the city - or the world - any better off?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
09-21-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: G-20
Do Not Come to Downtown Eugene, Do Not Expect Rightsnew
For the past two years and change, downtown Eugene has been boxed in by an imaginary but supposedly legal zone of exclusion. This zone has been dubbed — in somewhat Orwellian fashion — the Downtown Public Safety Zone.
Eugene Weekly |
Rick Levin |
08-20-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: DPSZ
Gay-Marriage Win; Progressive Agenda Loss?new
Gay-rights supporters won a huge victory on July 8, when a federal judge in Boston ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act -- the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, thereby denying legally married same-sex couples important federal benefits -- was unconstitutional.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-15-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Keyboard Commandosnew
The folks who threaten political violence aren't hiding -- they're tweeting and posting.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Justine Sharrock |
07-02-2010 |
Civil Liberties
CFAC Files Suit Against L.A. City Council
The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) filed a complaint against the City of Los Angeles after the Council refused to “cure and correct” an inadequately noticed February 18 agenda item that surreptitiously called for 4,000 City workers and positions to be cut.
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
05-06-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Utah ACLU: All Barknew
Advocates worry that the ACLU of Utah has lost its bite.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
04-27-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Carol Gnade, ACLU
What's Indecent Exposure -- and What's a Shocking Accident?new
During a recent debate about a nudity ordinance in Boulder, CO -- one enlivened by the controversy over topless gardener Catharine Pierce -- Judd Golden, spokesman for the Boulder ACLU, frequently urged city council members to wait to find out what kind of public nudity bill would emerge from the Colorado legislature before acting on their own.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-21-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Public Nudity
To Inform the Public (and Censor Them)new
The Carr family detests all that is evil, from hacks to kids on their lawn, to politicians who sneeze into your tax dollars, to the liberal establishment, to... kids on their lawn. And the Boston Herald's favorite columnist isn't the only one with an inky thumb.
Dig Boston |
Media Farm |
03-10-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Media Farm, censorship
