AltWeeklies Wire
Feel a Chill?new
New York City Police on filming protests: No harm, no foul.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
04-05-2006 |
Civil Liberties
The Terrorist Who Wasn'tnew
Manny Ebaid struggles to rebound after the War on Terror made him collateral damage.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
04-04-2006 |
Civil Liberties
What is Your "Local Community"?new
The Supreme Court sets an impossible standard for proving threats to artistic speech on the Internet.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-30-2006 |
Civil Liberties
An Unwanted Visitnew
A college professor in California believes he's being harassed by the FBI's terror unit because of his coursework on Venezuela.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dan Abendschein |
03-24-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Insecurity Systems Ride the Railsnew
The anti-terror programs being tested in New York City's subways won't make you feel any safer.
New York Press |
Jim Knipfel |
03-16-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: 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
Speaking Truth to Powernew
Laura Berg, the VA nurse being investigated for "sedition," speaks.
Weekly Alibi |
Steven Robert Allen |
03-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Torture Judgenew
A federal court rules that our government can break international laws to keep us safe.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
A Matter of Authoritynew
For 20 years, the Critical Art Ensemble has made challenging interventionist art -- now one of its members may spend 20 years in federal prison for it.
Metroland |
Shawn Stone |
03-10-2006 |
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
The CIA's 'Black Sites'new
What are we going to do with the secret prisoners who cannot be tried in our courts?
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
02-27-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The War on Privacynew
Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life, but it already has.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
02-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
An Unwelcome 'No'new
In a chilling testament to the state of free speech in America, Perry Patterson is being charged with criminal trespass for saying "No" at a 2004 campaign rally featuring Dick Cheney.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Ballot Boxingnew
Arizona GOP honchos keep hiding the truth about election foul-ups, as it's learned that ballots may be stored illegally.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
01-24-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
