Stories by Dave Lindorff
A broad right/left coalition is pushing Congress to revise the Patriot Act's more egregious provisions -- while we still can.
Posted on Jun 1, 2005
The new Homeland Security nominee has a lot to answer for: including hiding the U.S.' use of torture and the detention of over 700 immigrants without charges.
Posted on Feb 2, 2005
One Death Row inmates uphill battle.
Posted on Aug 26, 2003
New reports show that civil liberties have greatly decreased since the World Trade Center attacks.
Posted on Jun 3, 2003
The Transportation Security Administration keeps a blacklist of more than 1,000 people who can be prohibited from flying. Progressive activists believe they're on the list.
Posted on Nov 17, 2002
When prosecutors eliminate jurors opposed to capital punishment, they also weed out women and minorities and stack the deck against defendants.
Posted on Jan 8, 2001
Though most confrontations between the Philadelphia police and RNC protesters weren't violent, some jailed activists are still being held for $1 million bail, a figure that civil rights observers say is outrageous.
Posted on Aug 7, 2000