AltWeeklies Wire
Roll Call for the 2008 Muzzle Awardsnew
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression honors -- if that's the right word -- those who engage in "especially egregious or ridiculous" acts of censorship.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
04-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Professor Defends Domestic Government Spyingnew
"We ought to be more concerned if Bin Laden is calling someone in Peoria than if he's calling someone in Pakistan," Robert Turner says, arguing for an expansion of FISA.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
02-27-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Congrats: You've Been Reassigned!new
UVA dissenter files FOIAs and gets a new job description.
C-Ville Weekly |
Meg McEvoy |
07-18-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Death Penalty Protesters Sentencednew
Advocates who unrolled banner in front of Supreme Court building wanted to "put the death penalty on trial."
C-Ville Weekly |
Meg McEvoy |
07-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Free Speech Cut Downnew
A full report on the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression's 2007 Muzzle Awards.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
04-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Whose E-mail Is It, Anyway?new
Recent cases -- William Beebe, Dena Bowers and now the firing of U.S. attorneys -- highlight the troubling, often murky issues around e-mail and privacy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
