AltWeeklies Wire
The Right to Writenew
High school journalists have greater First Amendment rights than they might think.
Las Vegas CityLife |
Kristy Totten |
12-07-2011 |
Civil Liberties
The Bitter Endnew
For someone living — and dying — with a terminal illness, options for a merciful, dignified death are scant and pitiless.
Folio Weekly |
Anne M. Johnson |
11-14-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: terminal illness, right to die
The Red-Light Camera Circusnew
Houston's war over traffic cameras veers into the realm of the absurd.
Houston Press |
Mandy Oaklander |
09-15-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Daniel Ellsberg: Secrets, Lies—and When To Tell Themnew
Daniel Ellsberg discusses the ethics of truth-telling 40 years after the Pentagon Papers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
09-01-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Searches, Cameras and the Erosion of Privacynew
In courts and legislatures across the country, laws protecting privacy are being rolled back, and longstanding interpretations of the Bill of Rights are crumbling.
Columbia Free Times |
Eva Moore |
08-24-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Methodist pastor opts for life of protest on the streetnew
After a week living on the street, Lorenza Andrade-Smith’s focus is drifting.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-08-2011 |
Civil Liberties
The QueQue: State murder? Nothing to see herenew
If history is any indicator, we should have known state officials would never willingly settle a years-long investigation into one of the state’s most contentious executions
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-05-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Engage the Enemynew
A new Cleveland court helps veteran offenders shake their demons
Cleveland Scene |
Anastasia Pantsios |
08-03-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Rupert Murdoch, Peter Gorman's employer, gathers schoolkids' personal infonew
Guess who's trying to help Murdoch get his mitts on schoolkids' information, whether the parents want them to or not? That would be former CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-02-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Equal Protection?new
Immigrant advocacy groups claim N.C. courts inaccessible to non-English speaking residents.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
07-06-2011 |
Civil Liberties
The 14th Annual Muzzle Awardsnew
An annual look at the dishonorable enemies of free speech and personal liberty in New England.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-30-2011 |
Civil Liberties
FBI Gives Public a Peek at Warhol ‘Obscenity' Filenew
If you're looking for smut in the Andy Warhol film Lonesome Cowboys -- as the FBI was when it investigated the film's production in 1968 -- you'll find more explicit sex in the agency's report than ever made it onto screen.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
06-27-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Andy Warhol, Lonesome Cowboys
Proof of Nothingnew
When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
06-24-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Philadelphia Editor Spews Vile Rape Commentarynew
Dan Rottenberg, editor of online arts mag Broad Street Review (and way back, editor of this publication when it was Welcomat) wrote an editor’s letter last week that’s drawing criticism from national media watchdog outlets like Women’s Media Center—and deservedly so.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-15-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Insult to Injurynew
Man says he was harassed by Colorado Springs police officers for having his service dog with him.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-09-2011 |
Civil Liberties
