civil liberties

PATRIOT Act reauthorization move demands reforms

May 24, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Senate voted Monday, May 23, to go forward with debate on reauthorization of several provisions of the Patriot Act. Media reports indicated that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,...

New WikiLeaks documents add to Guantanamo controversy

April 25, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

WikiLeaks has released yet another cache of highly secret, highly controversial documents - this time about the U.S. detention facility at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Extremist Westboro Church foiled in Mississippi

April 25, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

When members of the far-right Westboro Baptist Church showed up in Brandon, Miss., April 16 to protest the funeral of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, local residents banded together.

Is democracy inherent in socialism?

March 24, 2011 By Sam Webb

That's how it should be, but, as history teaches, socialism is democratic only if we make it so.

Walker ignores court order, locks out Wisconsin protesters

March 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

A judge's order yesterday requiring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to allow full public access to the Capitol here is being ignored by the governor and the state's Republicans.