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 student […]
TOO MANY COPS
Some thoughts about last Saturday’s counterprotest It’s Labor Day as I start this column and I don’t want to labor too much on it, but I think it’s important to reflect upon a particular aspect of Saturday’s counterprotest against an ultra right-wing “parade” that hasn’t gotten nearly as much press attention as it […]
‘I CAN’T HANG THEM WITHOUT THEIR WORDS’
BPD arbitrarily blocks press access throughout controversial demonstration
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THAT TERRIBLY SCARY DATA GRAB STORY CONTINUES
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.
AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’
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…
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DOJ WARRANT SEEKS INFORMATION ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM WEB HOST
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.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OPERATION STINGBALLS
“Without warning, Defendant Officer John Doe 150 grabbed Mr. Horse’s testicles and yanked on them.”
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DREAM DARKER
“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.”
THE MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU
Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources …
