AltWeeklies Wire
The 10th Annual Muzzle Awardsnew
A tribute to the enemies of free speech and other civil liberties in New England -- from Mitt Romney to the PC crowd at Tufts.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Real Judicial Activismnew
If ever there was a time, it's now; if ever there were a place it is Guantanamo Bay, where detainees have been held indefinitely without clearly defined procedures for determining their guilt or innocence of charges that are shadowy and ill-defined -- a situation that makes a joke of the rule of law.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
05-10-2007 |
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
A Spate of Phony Terror Plotsnew
Sometimes a "terrorism" prosecution is anything but -- just take a look at two recent federal prosecutions, one alleging a plot to bomb New York City's Holland Tunnel, the other a conspiracy to take down Chicago's Sears Tower.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
07-13-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Muzzle Awards 2006new
We present our annual roundup of people and institutions that undermined free speech and civil liberties -- but first, a word about George W. Bush.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-29-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Grapevine Justicenew
As we learn more and more about the scope and extent of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program, we're also learning how difficult it will be to challenge such domestic espionage in court.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
I'll Be Watching Younew
The RFID tracking technology could make today's complaints about warrentless spying look quaint.
Boston Phoenix |
Vanessa Czarnecki |
05-04-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A Salient Issue
Amid the reams of editorials and articles covering the Muhammad-cartoon controversy, the uniquely important role of independent college publications has been all but lost.
Boston Phoenix |
Dustin A. Lewis |
02-24-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Frontier Justicenew
As the Internet and other shifting technologies dominate our lives, is the Electronic Frontier Foundation the new ACLU?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Bush’s Real Motivenew
The president's persistent support of the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program represents much more than a stubborn presidential effort to catch terrorists.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
The Devil and Judge Jonesnew
Every so often, an opinion gets to the heart of why the Bill of Rights both guarantees the free practice of religion and protects citizens against state-approved religion. Judge John E. Jones's ruling on intelligent design did just that.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-30-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Power Tripnew
Much of 2005 followed a script composed in the wake of 9/11: freedom was sacrificed to illusory and ill-defined security and "family values." But still there's hope.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Spy-der Mannew
Terrorists would have to be pretty dumb to have learned about electronic tapping by reading last week’s New York Times. And Bush would have to be pretty dumb for thinking we’d swallow such a line.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
For 2006, Torture Is a Moral Issuenew
To effect policy change -- and to use the issue of torture to electoral advantage -- liberals have their work cut out for them.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-15-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
It's Gotta Be the Shirtsnew
Boston mayor Tom Menino's attempt to win the confidence of kids in the 'hood will have the opposite effect.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-08-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
