Free Speech Radical
Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement.
Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement.
Vendors battle bureaucracy for their place in the Second City.
Barack Obama could become America's first human rights president.
Dear Senator Patrick Leahy: I write from my sleeper cell outside Hardwick, Vt., through a constituent I persuaded to… more
Ghosts of neoliberalism trouble Obama’s response to the recession
I believe fervently in the sanctity of marriage, and if you do, too, head immediately to your closest church,… more
When former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of harsh techniques, he did so over the objections of senior military attorneys from all branches of the armed services
At 10 a.m. on May 12, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended on a meat processing plant in… more
The first year of the 110th Congress closed with a great deal of spilled blood, and few victories for… more
Last year the government adopted a "Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism," which gives police and judges leeway to clear the streets of demonstrators and imposes mandatory sentences of 60 years for what was once considered a freedom of expression
Harman doesn't believe homegrown terrorism is a major threat to U.S. security today, but that it is important to learn from experiences in other countries like Britain and Canada, where citizens have been inspired to commit terrorism at home by Islamic propagandists reaching out over the Internet
That Verizon readily opened its phone logs to the feds should come as no surprise: The firm is a shining example of the revolving door between government and the telecom industry.
To defeat the gun lobby, gun-control activists need to get out of late-night local cable and embrace the Internet
Homeland Security plans to share spy satellite data with domestic agencies
One man stands between Flozelle Woodmore and the "free" world--California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Congressional Dems are finding it hard to do
Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans' traditional second line marches
The first detainees arrived in Guantánamo four months to the day after the 9/11 attacks. From the opening of… more
Department of Justice sues states to protect its questionable wiretapping policies with major telecommunications companies.
The Military Commissions Act suspends Habeas corpus for foreign citizens accused of hostilities against the U.S.
Government entrapment leads to the unlawful arrest of seven Hatian men falsely accused of terrorist actvity.
Michigan's Raindbow Farm a remnant of Hippie Culture
Eduardo Galeano disdains borders, both in life and in literature. Exiled from his native Uruguay after the 1973 military… more
John Walker Lindh was misunderstood and mislabeled as an "American Taliban."
Chicago Lawyer Joseph Marguiles' Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power (Simon & Schuster) is about as convincing an… more
Was a Portland attorney the target of the NSA domestic spying program?
Abdul Hamid Abdul Salam Al-Ghizzawi is frantic. "He is in very poor health, which deteriorates day after day (details… more
First they came for the Communists," runs the opening of the famous poem about the Nazis' incremental persecution of… more
Quietly, the war on terror, in which everything is permitted, has laid the ground work for the Bush administration… more
The fifth season of "24," the phenomenally successful Fox television series, premiered on January 15. Composed of 24 one-hour… more
Even before his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, it was clear that Judge Samuel Alito believed in the… more
Torture is much in the news these days. "We do not torture," President George Bush declared last month, after… more
Pressure to enforce China's one-child policy has led to horrific crimes by local governments
Journalist Jamie Kalven characterizes his experience covering Stateway Gardens, a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) development, as "human rights" reporting.… more
Progressives cannot allow libertarians to lead the fight against the misuse of eminent domain
Far from celebrating free expression, the Pentagon's September 11 Freedom Walk was expression free
The government of Niger imprisons anti-slavery activist Ilguilas Weila
A broad coalition is pushing Congress to rein in the Patriot Act