Civil Liberties

Go to Prison, Lose Your Rightsnew

Prison Legal News has filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas County challenging the county jail's year-old ban on publication subscriptions for inmates, saying it violates inmates' First Amendment rights.

Dallas Observer | Patrick Williams | 03-26-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Tre Arrow Turns to Maher Ararnew

The environmental activist's effort to raise bail money for his release from a Canadian prison has taken him to Maher Arar, someone who knows about the dangers of being labeled a "terrorist."

Willamette Week | Andrew MacLeod | 03-22-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Tapped Outnew

Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.

Pasadena Weekly | Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki | 03-19-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

The Parable of the Purloined E-mailnew

Jackson has made improvements in responding to public records requests, but the mayor's administration continues to deny requests on flimsy pretexts as one insider says: "Everybody's jumped ship but the rats."

Jackson Free Press | Brian Johnson | 03-19-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Librarians Who Resisted PATRIOT Act Speak Outnew

Two civil-liberties-loving librarians have been released from their gag order and are ready to talk.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 03-16-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Patriot Act, civil liberties, librarians

T for Freedomnew

Released from slavery, Given Kachepa is now caught by Homeland Security's failure to act.

Fort Worth Weekly | Leslie Rigoulot | 02-22-2007 | 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

Jesus Walkednew

Repent America learns that anti-gay rhetoric isn't necessarily protected speech.

Philadelphia City Paper | Francesca Heintz | 02-06-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Big Brother at Super Bowlnew

Security measures are high-tech and heavy at Super Bowl XLI in Miami.

NOW Magazine | Joseph Wilson | 02-05-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Simply Dread-Fullnew

A Rastafarian says cops targeted him because of his religious hairdo.

Montreal Mirror | Patrick Lejtenyi | 02-02-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Free at Lastnew

Gabe Meyers, a featured player in Josh Wolf's now infamous protest video, can finally exhale -- his own legal ordeal quietly ended earlier this month.

SF Weekly | Martin Kuz | 01-30-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties