Monica Shores, $pread Magazine. July 10, 2008. What's defined as healthy sexuality in this country is narrowly defined and schizophrenic -- and the government should not have final say.
Jessica Lee, Indypendent. June 10, 2008. Members of Congress are going after YouTube in their attempts to crack down on "Islamic terrorist organizations."
Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. June 10, 2008. The corporate giant is limiting free speech to cover its own ass.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. May 12, 2008. The government's attempt to gut a law protecting whistle-blowers does not bode well for our First Amendment rights.
Mirela Xanthaki, IPS News. May 7, 2008. Murder is the ultimate form of censorship. The more killings of media workers go unpunished, the more the press is silenced.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 30, 2008. The Web makes it easy for crowds to collaborate. But it also makes it simple for mobs to crush free expression.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. March 10, 2008. Why did "60 Minutes'" expose of how Karl Rove destroyed Don Siegelman's career not appear in its entirety on local Alabama stations?
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. February 28, 2008. Even after an Oscar win, Alex Gibney's controversial documentary about U.S. torture policy is having trouble getting distribution.
Larisa Alexandrovna, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2008. Are they trying to tell us that a glitch in New York ONLY happened in Alabama and ONLY during the Don Siegelman segment? Are you kidding me?
Max Rameau, Movement Vision Lab. February 15, 2008. Let's be blunt. A government ban on the n-word does little to combat racism, poverty and oppression.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2007. If a movie's entire purpose is to titillate misogynists then the standards get a lot looser.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2007. Bush-friendly lobbyists have infiltrated and influenced newspapers in Myanmar, and that's not all.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 20, 2007. "Taxi to the Dark Side" is about an Afghan taxi driver who was innocent of any terrorist ties but still “tortured to death by US interrogators.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 22, 2007. A new internet tool lets you see countries cracking down on user-generated content like YouTube and MySpace. But it could also be a tool to help us see our country's own suppression.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 31, 2007. Howie Klein: Meaningless drivel by Fergie, Britney Spears, Nickelback, and Rihanna you'll hear. But not Springsteen.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: Video. September 18, 2007. Griffin pokes fun at the absurdity of athletes and performers thanking Jesus at awards shows and the uproar over her own remarks.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. August 9, 2007. Howie Klein: Maybe they figured no one would notice. I guess this has to be expected when one gets in bed with freedom's mortal enemy.
Greg Grandin, AlterNet. June 22, 2007. The media portrays the Venezuelan government's refusal to renew the license of a broadcaster that's tried to take downt he government as an assault on democracy. They're only telling half the story.
