Democratic Rights in the US
Mass arrests of protesters at Republican National Convention
By Jerry White, September 4, 2008
Authorities have carried out a massive mobilization of federal, state and local police and military forces to cordon off the Republican National Convention from protesters opposed to the party’s...
Police raid protest headquarters as Republican National Convention opens
By Ron Jorgenson in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 2, 2008
Federal and local police forces carried out five raids over the weekend aimed at stifling and intimidating protesters preparing to take part in demonstrations during the Republican National Convention...
US Supreme Court strips state workers of protection against age discrimination
By John Andrews, January 14, 2000
On January 11 the United States Supreme Court held unconstitutional the 25-year-old federal civil rights law that protects 4.7 million workers employed by state governments from discrimination on acco...
US Supreme Court to consider reversing Miranda decision
By John Andrews, December 8, 1999
The US Supreme Court Monday issued a long anticipated order that it would review the case of United States v. Dickerson, in which it could overrule the landmark Miranda decision. Such an action would ...
American Airlines workers indicted for drug smuggling: critical issues behind the headlines
By Barry Grey, August 31, 1999
Last Wednesday federal agents arrested 58 people in Miami, Florida, for the most part American Airlines and Lufthansa Sky Chefs workers, on charges of drug and weapons smuggling. In pre-dawn raids at ...
Civil liberties in the US threatened on two electronic fronts
By James Brookfield, August 31, 1999
Two US government initiatives made public over the past two weeks pose dramatic threats to civil liberties. First, the Justice Department has drafted proposed legislation to allow police to break into...
US medical journal editor fired in cave-in to the right
By David Walsh, January 21, 1999
Dr. George D. Lundberg was fired January 15 as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), after 17 years in the post, following the magazine's publication in its most recent iss...
