Repress U
Michael Gould-Wartofsky : Police & Law Enforcement
Surveillance 101: Big Brother goes to college.
2008
2007
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About Facebook
As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?
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Insecurity Cameras
William Pentland : New York City
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
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Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying
Ari Melber : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
As his fellow Democrats rush to pass the President's intelligence bill, Christopher Dodd stands his ground.
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Protecting the Wiretappers
Aziz Huq : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
Telecommunications giants already are shielded from lawsuits for future warrantless spying; now the White House seeks to absolve them of past misdeeds.
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NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules
Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.
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The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007
Patricia J. Williams : Supreme Court
Congress bows to Bush and passes a law that allows blanket data-mining of all phone calls or e-mail by anyone, anywhere.
2006
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Librarians at the Gates
Joseph Huff-Hannon : 1st Amendment
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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The Wiretapping Tango
Bruce Shapiro : George W. Bush Administration
The NSA surveillance scandal raises questions about whether phone companies will become pawns of an Administration bent on expanding its power.
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Phone Spies
: Congress
Democrats in Congress must press for a full investigation of NSA phone call surveillance and prove that the rule of law is an asset, not an obstacle, to national security.
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Congress Stirs to Rein in the President
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : National Security Administration (NSA)
In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
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You've Got Jail
Robert Scheer : Internet & New Media
Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.
2005
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The Patriot Act on Trial
David Sarasohn : USA Patriot Act
We won the cold war without throwing out the right of Americans to be secure in their homes, without throwing out the Fourth Amendment.
2004
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The Trouble with RFID
Instead of being used to track boots and books, these systems could be used to track us.
2003
2002
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The Court's Terrible Two
Herman Schwartz : Supreme Court
On the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued alarming 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing.
2000
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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