AltWeeklies Wire
NSA Surveillance Started Long Before 9/11 and the Patriot Actnew

Why was the NSA creating intrusive domestic spy programs in early 2001, months before the 9/11 attacks or the creation of the Patriot Act?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer, David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
06-21-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Edward Snowden
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
Does Your Vote Count?new
Critics say Colorado's Boulder County is poised to waste millions on new voting equipment and possibly disenfranchise voters in the process.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
01-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
American Dissidentnew

In an exclusive in-depth interview, embattled University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill speaks out on his writings, the media and the solution to terrorism.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
02-11-2005 |
Civil Liberties