AltWeeklies Wire
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
Speech Worth Fighting For?new
It's hard to imagine that Georgia's Charles Smith thought he could print up a bunch of T-shirts likening Wal-Mart executives to Nazis and not get some static.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Coley Ward |
03-30-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: 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
GOP vs. Feingold
Sens. Snowe and Hagel join the Bush cover-up, while Senator Feingold calls for censure, and some seek legal rulings that Bush's secret spying was illegal and unconstitutional.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
03-16-2006 |
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
Libertad?new
After FBI agents shot and killed a Puerto Rican independence leader, activists are making a strong push to change the future of the island.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
03-01-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Too Damn Skypenew
As Google fills China's prisons, will Internet phoning cave to spying?
The Village Voice |
Julian Dibbell |
02-27-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: skype.com
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
