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First Amendment

ME + YOU + THE ACLU

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Dear Reader

Without First Amendment crusaders to catch our backs, journalists—along with educators, activists, and anybody else whose career or passion often requires that they take unpopular public positions—would be no more useful than a Putin fan zine published by the Kremlin.

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Dear Reader Tagged With: ACLU, books, Civil Rights, David Cole, Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases, First Amendment, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, social justice, Trump, Ulysses

A CIVIL DISCUSSION IN AN UNCIVILIZED WORLD

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted December 15, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

McDowell wondered if the guys had a right to speak like that on a train “where people didn’t choose to be in that space for that sort of speech.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Cambridge, CCTV, First Amendment, free speech, Irene Monroe, Trump

DEESCALATING THE HARVARD CRIMSON BOYCOTT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Screenshot collage by Jason Pramas

 

 

Alternatives for feuding student immigrant advocates and journalists

 

As someone who has been both a journalist and a left-wing political activist for a long time, I suppose it’s inevitable that I would feel the need to weigh in on a debate currently raging between Harvard immigrant advocates and the independent Harvard ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Act on a Dream, activist, Apparent Horizon, boston university, Boycott, bu exposure, Column, Daily Free Press, Democracy, DigBoston, First Amendment, Harvard University, ice, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Journalism, student newspaper, the Crimson

TOO MANY COPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 3, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD officers at 2017 counterprotest against the ultra right. Photo by Dan McCarthy. Modified by Jason Pramas.

Some thoughts about last Saturday’s counterprotest

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchist, antifa, antifascist, Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, BPD, BPPA, Column, cops, counterprotest, criticism, Democracy, fascist, First Amendment, free speech, Jason Pramas, justice, left wing, liberty, mayor Marty Walsh, nazi, Occupy, parade, Police, Protest, ultra right, white supremacist

‘I CAN’T HANG THEM WITHOUT THEIR WORDS’

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted November 20, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD arbitrarily blocks press access throughout controversial demonstration

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Boston Common, Boston free speech rally, BPD, Commissioner William Evans, Fight Supremacy, First Amendment, free speech, Marty Walsh, Parkman Bandstand, protests, Society of Professional Journalists

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THAT TERRIBLY SCARY DATA GRAB STORY CONTINUES

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 29, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

This is after the Trump Department of Justice has had the chance to view personal information from thousands of people who did no more than send an email to an address associated with the site.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, ACLU, arrests, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, detective Greggory Pemberton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, J20, Jennifer Kerkhoff, John Borchert, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Metropolitan Police Department, Trump, Washington DC

AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 28, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement... It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, First Amendment, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, NEFAC, New England First Amendment Coalition, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DOJ WARRANT SEEKS INFORMATION ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM WEB HOST

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 15, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

While major news outlets hyperventilate over not being called on at press conferences, other reporters, as well as activists who exercised their First Amendment rights are facing decades in prison.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, detective Greggory Pemberton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Jennifer Kerkhoff, John Borchert, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Metropolitan Police Department, Trump, Washington DC

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OPERATION STINGBALLS

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Without warning, Defendant Officer John Doe 150 grabbed Mr. Horse’s testicles and yanked on them."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, ACLU, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Jennifer Kerkhoff, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Trump, Washington DC

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DREAM DARKER

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted June 20, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The fact that we are already here and the amount of resources being spent to get to where we are now leads me to believe we are going to have to sit through all these trials. All this taxpayer money is going to be wasted.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Jennifer Kerkhoff, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Trump, Washington DC

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