AltWeeklies Wire
Feud on Park Avenuenew
For the past two years, the corner of 16th Street and Park Avenue has been ground zero in a battle between a man who has filed more than 160 noise complaints and a bar owner who claims those efforts are tantamount to harassment.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
08-27-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Ralph Natale V. The United Statesnew
Ralph Natale, former head of the Philadelphia mob, was the first sitting mob boss to cooperate with the feds. Now he's suing them, alleging they let him go blind while in prison.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
08-22-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Ralph Natale, philly mob
Texan Challenges Civil Forfeiture Lawnew
Police can keep your cash, car and other property, regardless of whether you've been convicted of – let alone charged with – a crime.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
07-25-2012 |
Civil Liberties
NUVO Reporter's Rights Denied at Protestnew
Kelly Lynch thought she was on the brink of a big career break, instead she was singled out and removed from her reporting assignment.
NUVO |
Kelly Lynch |
07-20-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Remains Opennew
A federal judge agreed to extend a temporary restraining order that allows the Jackson Women Health's Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic, to remain open.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave and Donna Ladd |
07-12-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Unzippednew
For years, political gadfly Seth Brigham got away with being a persistent, even belligerent, bug in the ears of Boulder city council. But he didn't get slapped with a restraining order until he started nosing around the undisclosed financial ties of city council members.
Boulder Weekly |
Jeeferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
05-18-2012 |
Civil Liberties
First Amendment — 1, Colorado University — 0new
For more than 20 years, the annual 4/20 event on the Colorado University campus came and went pretty much without incident. There is really no reason to think that this year would have been any different had those who run the University not decided to make it different, but they did, and it was.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
04-27-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Indy's civil rights mantlenew
While other cities burned after MLK's assassination, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy kept Indy focused on peace. Hoosier witnesses have kept that hope burning.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
04-06-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil rights, peace, justice, racism, Christianity, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam War, Jesus Christ, assassination, equality, Robert Kennedy, Olgen Williams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, assasination, Amos Brown, Dream Keepers, Justice Tanya Walton Pratt, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Kennedy-King Memorial Day, Marilyn Moores, Tamika Catchings, Trailblazer Awards, William Crawford, public service
Federal Officials Raid Oaksterdam Universitynew
Federal officials from at least three law enforcement agencies raided Oaksterdam University and several other locations owned or affiliated with California Prop 19 founder Richard Lee in Oakland.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-03-2012 |
Civil Liberties
PA is Ground Zero for the Abortion Clashnew
As the GOP clown car gets ready to sputter eastward for the Pennsylvania primary amid an onslaught of attacks on women’s reproductive rights, it’s a good time to remember that our state has always been, and seemingly always will be, the nerve center of the national abortion debate.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
03-14-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Search & Destroynew
The SOPA bill may be dry-docked, but the battle over online piracy rages.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
03-12-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Anti-Abortion Group Takes Its Terror Tactics To the Webnew
Last week, Operation Rescue debuted AbortionDocs.org, "the largest collection of documents on America's abortion cartel." Is it legal?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
01-25-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Citizens Against Citizens Unitednew
Protestors hit the streets across the nation last Friday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
01-24-2012 |
Civil Liberties
I Spent Christmas in the Clinknew
Deck the halls with a little rosé, a zealous cop and some new friends in the holding tank.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
01-06-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Judges Grill Arpaio's Lawyer on Alleged First Amendment Violationsnew
An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had some tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer about why "America's Toughest Sheriff" should be exempt from a lawsuit claiming he violated an Arizona newspaper's First Amendment rights.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
12-22-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Joe Arpaio
