AltWeeklies Wire
The Parable of the Purloined E-mailnew
Jackson has made improvements in responding to public records requests, but the mayor's administration continues to deny requests on flimsy pretexts as one insider says: "Everybody's jumped ship but the rats."
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
T for Freedomnew
Released from slavery, Given Kachepa is now caught by Homeland Security's failure to act.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Leslie Rigoulot |
02-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Facing Off Over Facebooknew
America's institutions of higher education are increasingly monitoring students' activity online and scrutinizing profiles, not only for illegal behavior, but also for what they deem to be inappropriate speech.
Boston Phoenix |
Greg Lukianoff and Will Creeley |
02-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Just Say Nonew
Montana fights the Real ID Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
02-08-2007 |
Civil Liberties
The Wire: Snipped or Broadened?new
Is Bush really reversing domestic phone-spying course? Let's just say: don't dial up al-Qaeda just yet.
San Antonio Current |
Keli Dailey |
02-07-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Jesus Walkednew
Repent America learns that anti-gay rhetoric isn't necessarily protected speech.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Francesca Heintz |
02-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Red Alert!new
Peaceful anti-war activism may result in prison sentences for nine New Mexicans after they tried to make love, not war, with Sen. Pete Domenici.
Weekly Alibi |
Kate Trainor |
01-30-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Free at Lastnew
Gabe Meyers, a featured player in Josh Wolf's now infamous protest video, can finally exhale -- his own legal ordeal quietly ended earlier this month.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
01-30-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Public Mattersnew
Getting public records from the feds has grown more difficult, but new efforts hope to increase access.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kevin Uhrich |
01-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Guantanamo Northnew
Nationwide protest backs hunger-strikers held without charges in Canada.
NOW Magazine |
Matthew Behrens |
01-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A New Breed of Terroristsnew
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act targets animal rights activists.
NUVO |
Lori Lovely |
01-18-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
One Santa OK, Another No Waynew
Maine regulators have refused to approve an English beer's label featuring Santa Claus holding a beer, saying it makes the product attractive to children. But they didn’t balk at approving a similar label for Gritty's Christmas Ale.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
12-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Who's A Terrorist?new
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-01-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Spies of Texasnew
Newfound files detail how UT-Austin campus cops tracked the lives of Sixties dissidents.
The Texas Observer |
Thorne Dreyer |
11-21-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Feds Raid Pacifist Organizationnew
If you'd like to enliven your dull party, federal agents appear to be eager to conduct raids or searches, especially if the location is a known hangout for people of the left-wing, pacifist, resource-sharing persuasion.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
11-17-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
