AltWeeklies Wire
Can SF Streetlights Spy on You?new
San Franciscans are in the dark about the city's plans for surveillance streetlights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
01-17-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Spies in Bluenew
A secret memo indicates that San Francisco cops may be working as FBI spies — with no local oversight.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-28-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Citizens vs. Spiesnew
San Francisco is at the center of a national debate over government and corporate surveillance of U.S. residents.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Leonard |
02-20-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, FISA
APA Rejects Ban on Participating in Coercive Interrogationnew
While other leading medical associations have banned doctors and psychiatrists from participating in coercive prisoner interrogations at CIA-run sites, many American Psychological Association members argue that psychologists can help ensure subjects are treated in an ethical and humane manner.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
08-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Life in Hellnew
In California prisons, an unconventional gender identity can be like an added sentence.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
03-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: transgender
Transjoblessnew
Imagine trying to find a job without a shred of work history -- welcome to the transgender job hunt.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
03-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
What We Don't Knownew
It's hard to tell just how pervasive the Bush administration's spying program is -- the documents, like so many others, are secret.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson, Steven T. Jones and G.W. Schulz |
03-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying, FOIA
Torture Airnew
The trail of a secret spy plane leads to a mysterious outfit in Reno with ties to a prominent Nevada politico.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen |
12-15-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Freedom of Information Winnersnew
In honor of those who protect our right to know, the Bay Guardian presents the winners of the 20th annual James Madison Freedom of Information Awards.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff |
03-09-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The New COINTELPROnew
The feds are spying on – and harassing – political activists with a fury not seen since the 1960s. Under John Ashcroft's direction, opposing the Bush administration translates to state terrorism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille Taira |
10-20-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Doping Up the Rabblenew
With the use of less-lethal force on the rise and scary new weapons in the pipeline, such as high-voltage land mines, it's prime time to take a quick look at the gadgetry police departments are using to herd humans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
10-20-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Art School Shuts Down Student Papernew
At San Francisco's Academy of Art, the biggest art school in the country, the administration has expelled two students for edgy writing, let go two professors who complained, and shut down the school paper that tried to cover the controversy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Brahinsky |
06-16-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Waiting to Inhalenew
San Francisco cops keep busting medical marijuana growers. One prosecutor is trying to develop less arbitrary guidelines. So where are the city's political leaders on an issue they claim to support?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ann Harrison |
06-11-2004 |
Civil Liberties
