Fourteen Little Words
Victor Navasky : Non-Fiction
First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."
2007
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Leave Us Alone
Ryan Thoreson : Internet & New Media
How do presidential candidates propose to protect our privacy?
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Scary Movie: Captivity's Ad Campaign
I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?
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Exploiting Imus
Nicholas von Hoffman : Media Analysis
The media's superficial coverage of Don Imus avoids important questions about free speech and race.
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Free the Ulysses Two
The time has come to clear the records of two women convicted of obscenity for publishing excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses.
2006
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The T-Shirt Wars
Ali Winston : Civil Rights After 9/11
Demonstrators wearing a controversial T-shirt tested the limits of free expression on the Staten Island Ferry.
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Warlords of the First Amendment
Patricia J. Williams : Religion
A right-wing radio host on the vanguard of the English Only movement provides a platform for religious crazies to keep them from ruining the funeral of murdered Amish girls.
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Librarians at the Gates
Joseph Huff-Hannon : Privacy Rights
At a time when free expression and the right to privacy are under attack, librarians are on the front lines protecting our constitutional rights every day. Here are five who are making a difference.
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Fight for a Free Press
Robert W. McChesney : Corporate Media & Consolidation
The collapse of journalism and the rise of commercialism is sparking a reform movement that will fight to ensure the First Amendment endures in the digital age.
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Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
The growing potential for netroots activists to define issues, mobilize voters and raise significant amounts of money drew politicians to the national gathering, eager to leverage their advantage with netroots.
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Science and the First Amendment
Patricia J. Princehouse : Education Policy & Reform
If you can lie about science and get away with it, you can lie about anything. That's why we must say no to ideological zealots who are waging war against science and against democracy itself.
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Helping China's Censors
Rebecca MacKinnon : Internet & New Media
The Global Online Freedom Act should be the beginning of a conversation about what needs to be done to prevent US Internet and technology firms from contradicting American values.
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In Defense of Free Thought
An Austrian court sends a crackpot historian to prison for denying the Holocaust; why shouldn't Muslims protesting the Muhammad cartoons question a double standard?
2005
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Bush's War on the Press
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney : Journalists & Journalism
Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only.
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How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War
Reporters like Judith Miller who fought to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case were knowing accomplices in the White House's attempt to punish a whistle-blower. By failing to report the truth, they bear responsibility for leading us into an illegal war.
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Judith Miller: Embedded Over Her Head
Robert Scheer : Journalists & Journalism
The jailed reporter doesn't understand that a free press depends on the ability of reporters to protect honest witnesses--not to coddle government officials.
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The Rights of Journalists
Victor Navasky : Journalists & Journalism
What's necessary to protect reporters' sources and the public's need to know?
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An Odd Turn in the Criminal Justice System
Calvin Trillin : Journalists & Journalism
Judy Miller's in prison, but what about...?
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Giving Chutzpah New Meaning
Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2004
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The Hunting of Dr. Craft
Judy Jackson & Debbie Nathan : Sex Abuse
A child therapist is jailed after the law decides he took the wrong pictures.
2002
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Cartooning Terror
Emma Ruby-Sachs & Asa Pittman : Media Analysis
Now more than ever, there's a need for the critiques that political cartoons can offer.
2001
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Journalism & Democracy
A reflection on journalism, democracy and the importance of being a "public nuisance."
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Publish or Speech Perishes
In the words of the old folk song, "When will they ever learn?"
This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate. (13mb mp3)
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