Bill Quigley, AlterNet. September 23, 2009. The rights to freedom of speech and protest are keystones of democracy. Since 9/11, however, protesting has become much more difficult.
Mustang Bobby, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2009. These folks have a lot to learn about civil liberties, not to mention a lot about Christianity, too.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2009. A jury found that Churchill was fired by the University of Colorado in retaliation for his controversial essay on 9/11.
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.
Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor. March 18, 2008. Trying to repress news of unrest in Tibet, China has blocked YouTube and most Internet chat rooms.
Jeffrey Kaplan, ReclaimDemocracy.org. February 12, 2008. Corporations are increasingly accorded the rights of legal persons -- if only Guantanamo detainees could be so lucky.
Adam Liptak, The New York Times. October 29, 2007. The American commitment to free speech is the most robust in the world. But these days that tolerance stops at the border.
Paddy, AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2007. Paddy: "I will pay any price to defend free expression, especially against anyone who wants to take it away in the name of God," the student said.
Alex Jung, AlterNet: Video. September 25, 2007. Alex Jung: Angry students and faculty call for the firing of a college newspaper editor at their own peril.
Rebecca Evans, Brandon Hammer, AlterNet. September 24, 2007. Columbia's invitation to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only shows the world the importance of free speech, but also demonstrates what free speech means.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: Video. July 31, 2007. Lindsay Beyerstein: Photography is an established form of free speech. We shouldn't have to get permission to exercise our First Amendment rights.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2007. Chris Weigant: What does the Supreme Court ruling in the "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" case mean for the future of free speech?
Michael Parks, AlterNet. June 21, 2007. An interview with author Christopher A. Finan shows how far we have come with civil liberties since World War I and how far we have yet to go.
Daniel Abrahamson, AlterNet. March 23, 2007. Justices in the Supreme Court's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case appear to be interested in turning "Just Say No" into "Don't Even Say It," curtailing free speech rights.
