Jon Wiener : Secrecy in the Bush Administration
Freedom of Information wish list: What did Treasury do with the TARP money? Who authorized torture? Plus, warrantless wiretap targets, FEMA's Katrina records and White House e-mail.
Katha Pollitt : Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Two decades after the Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, not much has changed on either side of the cultural divide.
Sarah Palin's self-appointed role as censor of her local public library takes center stage as librarians observe Banned Book Week.
Garrett Epps : Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Censorship is a really dirty word.
Ruth Rosen : Freedom Of Information Act
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
Thanks to the potty-mouths of Bush and Cheney, we've won the right to accidentally curse on the public airwaves. Now, what about all the networks' intentional antisocial behavior?
John Dinges : Journalists & Journalism
After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?
Stephen Gillers : 1st Amendment
The time has come to clear the records of two women convicted of obscenity for publishing excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses.
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
In wartime, you lose the luxury of choosing your allies: The Bush Administration's attacks on the New York Times are attacks on us all.
Patricia J. Williams : Higher Education
OK, kids: With conservatives on the hunt for dangerous left-wing academics, take this SAT (Save America from Treachery) test. See if you can tell the difference between a terrorist and a truth-teller. First prize: A three-day getaway in Baghdad. Fail and go to jail.
The case of an architect who lost lucrative contracts because of his interest in the Palestinian cause underscores how Americans are becoming inured to enforced patriotism and ideological litmus tests.
Rebecca MacKinnon : Internet & New Media
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companies doing business abroad raises troubling questions for Internet users everywhere.
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
The willingness of our most powerful media companies to defer to pressure from the White House is deeply disconcerting. In the name of national security, the Bush team repeatedly demonstrates its contempt for the media and for normative standards of truth.
Jeremy Scahill : Alternative & Independent Media
A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting and imprisoning Al Jazeera staffers and other unembedded journalists long before Bush reportedly floated the idea to Tony Blair.
Katherine C. Reilly : Internet & New Media
Google has been acting as a censor to any political advertising with an edge.
Jim Hightower : Civil Rights & Liberties
In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
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