AltWeeklies Wire
Rose Colored Clashesnew
Code Pink activists are learning a hard-fought lesson: Sticking out on Capitol Hill isn't always a plus.
Washington City Paper |
Ellen Ryan |
01-10-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Bums of 'Bumfights'new
How 'stunt bums' Rufus Hannah and Donald Brennan turned their lives around.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Silva |
01-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Vacancy May Weaken ACLU-KY This Legislative Sessionnew
Director search is almost over, but organization remains short-staffed.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
01-07-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The End of Privacynew
A USC research lab charts a new frontier into hi-tech surveillance and a very scary place.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Nick Street |
01-04-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Bordering on Fearnew
How a misinterpreted gesture may have landed me on the terrorist watch list.
Seven Days |
Matt Scanlon |
12-07-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Milo Radulovich: Gone, Not Forgottennew
Remembering the man who courageously defied McCarthy.
Metro Times |
Staff |
12-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Don't Get Bustednew
Pulled over with a dime bag in your glove compartment? Attorney Roger Scott wants you to know your rights.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
11-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
UCSD Clamps Down on Free Speech & Political Activitiesnew
The university's new policy on "Speech, Advocacy and Distribution of Literature" is a lengthy set of rules and regulations governing use of campus space for rallies and gatherings that critics say will threaten students' and faculty's constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly.
San Diego CityBeat |
Emma Silvers |
11-21-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Portland Lawyers Fight for Guantanamo Prisoner No. 940new
Two years ago this week, authorities with the U.S. Department of Defense signed a memo approving Adel Hamad's release from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the 49-year-old Sudanese citizen has been held as an "enemy combatant" since 2002. Today, he remains imprisoned for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-14-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Homeland Security or Double Jeopardy?new
A new ID card required of people who work at the Oakland port threatens to cost hundreds of reformed ex-convicts their jobs.
East Bay Express |
Vianna Davila |
10-31-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Eraser Headsnew
Overzealous deans at Boston's Emerson College literally made students' rights disappear.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and James F. Tierney |
10-25-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The New McCarthyismnew
An Ohio professor is caught in the feds' weird web of paranoia and incompetence.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
10-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Archaic Laws: Often Funny, But No Laughing Matternew
There's a law against spitting on the sidewalk, but nobody enforces it ... or do they?
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
10-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Growing Old in Gitmonew
Two years ago the U.S. military recommended Mohamed Mohamed Hassan Odaini for release from Guantanamo prison -- so why is he still there?
Chicago Reader |
Tori Marlan |
10-09-2007 |
Civil Liberties
San Jose Weighs a Ban on Smoking in Public Parksnew
Is it an issue of civil liberty or public health?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
10-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
