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FACEBOOK PROFILE-ING: POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS POKING INTO YOUR PAST

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The issues regarding online privacy—or rather, the complete lack of anything even remotely resembling online privacy—have been well documented, with Facebook usually at the center of every new controversy. So, it is to the surprise of no one, that once again the social networking site finds itself at the front-lines of the ongoing war on personal information. Continue reading

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TRANS EQUALITY IN THE HOUSE (AND SENATE!)

Last Wednesday, Mighty Governor Deval signed into law the Transgender Equal Rights Bill. A week earlier the bill cleared the Massachusetts legislature with a 95-58 vote in the House and a voice vote in the Senate, where 16 out of 40 senators signed on as co-sponsors. The signing, which was private in light of the upcoming holiday, validated years of effort on the part of transgender rights activists from across the state and country. Continue reading

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#OCCUPY EXCERPTS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRIOT ACT!

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Nancy Murray of the ACLU stops by Occupy Boston to mark the tenth anniversary of the USA PATRIOT Act. A decade later, what do we know about the centerpiece of the post-9/11 counterterror apparatus? (And what SHOULD we know?) Continue reading

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THE UNITED STATES V. TAREK MEHANNA

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“Mehanna’s alleged advocacy of the jihad against the U.S. cannot itself be considered ‘material support’ for terrorism.” Continue reading

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BOSTON TATTOO CONVENTION

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Ahhh, labor day weekend. You worked hard all year. Take a load off, get comfortable. Maybe allow a tiny cluster of vibrating inky needles to be jabbed into your armpit. Or watch it happen to other people. Continue reading