AltWeeklies Wire
Speak Nownew
Protesting is the official team sport of Boulder -- so what happens when a new development owns the streets?
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
11-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Freedom Detainednew
Atlanta lawyers fight to gain rights for those held in Guantanamo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-02-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: War on terror, detainees
Happy Flyingnew
Transportation Security Administration employees have to check their first amendment rights at the door.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
10-23-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Body Politicsnew
In Oklahoma last week, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove railed against giving suspected terrorists the right to a trial or appeal -- an OU professor says that's what happens to those who aren't white.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
10-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Fighting for Suffragenew
The Mississippi ACLU has filed a suit challenging the disenfranchisement of convicted felons, including soldiers who fought overseas.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Just One Looknew
The ACLU appeals a Montana District Court ruling that gives every appearance of sanctioning racial profiling.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
10-05-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Endangered Nationnew
Will infighting and bankruptcy doom the South Carolina-based Catawba Nation and its language?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
10-04-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Cops Who Spynew
Phone records indicate San Francisco police detectives scrutinized phone calls made to and from the press room in order to get to the bottom of a leak.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
10-02-2006 |
Civil Liberties
See Some ID with That?new
The ACLU fights Albuquerque's new voter ID law.
Weekly Alibi |
Mark Sanders |
09-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: 2006elect
Subpoena Thisnew
A log of rejected public records requests shows that Sharon Gray, head of JPD Records, has indiscriminately rejected requests for everything from arrest records to sections of the JPD handbook.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
09-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Police Censor Cop-Killer's Art Exhibitnew
When the University of Southern Maine hung an exhibit of convicted killer and political activist Thomas William Manning's art, three powerful police unions shut it down -- when you see the paintings, you'll wonder what the fuss is all about.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
09-13-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
They're Watching Younew
Bugged Levis, unauthorized sex tapes, leaked medical records -- is nothing sacred anymore? Here are 10 ways to keep your privacy to yourself.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
08-31-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Terror-fying The Greensnew
Did investigators use post-9/11 warrantless wiretaps to bust accused eco-saboteurs?
Willamette Week |
Angela Valdez |
08-30-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying, domesticspy
Controvery Remainsnew
The fighting five firefighters suspended for speaking the JFP are reinstated, but the department remains deeply divided.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-24-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Warranted Warrantsnew
Illegal wiretapping didn't "save the day" in England and it won't save democracy, either.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
08-23-2006 |
Civil Liberties
