Subject:

Censorship

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    ACLU Is Suing a Washington Library For (Not) Providing Online Porn

    You know what happens when you type the word "porn" into the computer search engine at the public library in Wenatchee? Absolutely nothing. Not a thing comes up. It is as if pornography didn't even exist -- which is just the way Dan Howard likes it. "We believe having pornography in public places hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Lake City Parent Wanted Hard-Core Porn-Watching Man Moved; Lake City Library Refused

    ​Julie Howe has taken to the Lake City Live neighborhood blog to tell her story of a man who she says was watching hard-core pornography on a computer at the Lake City Library on a late Sunday afternoon earlier this month. Howe was with her 7- and 10-year-old daughters who she left in the chil ... More >>

  • Music

    January 25, 2012

    Standing With the Man

    Artists aren't fighting piracy to get rich. We're fighting to survive.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Ben Huh, I Can Has Cheezburger Creator, Says Internet 'Flexing Its Political Muscle' With SOPA/PIPA Protest

    Today's demonstration in Westlake Center may be is definitely* snowed out, but some of the Web's most popular sites are still blacked out in protest of the Internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA. Among them are the Cheezburger network of sites, and the company's founder and CEO Ben Huh says the on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Congressman Jim McDermott Comes Out Against Stop Online Piracy Act

    Congressman Jim McDermott announced yesterday on his personal Facebook page that the controversial Stop Piracy Online Act is is not the best way to proceed in fighting online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Seattle School Board Moves to Censor Student Newspapers

    ​A publication is generally only called a "student newspaper" when it's students who decide what goes in it. It's unclear then what schools will start calling their student papers if the Seattle School Board gets its way.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Tableau Software Boots WikiLeaks Without Prodding, Finds Swift and Harsh Backlash Among Users

    ​It took a personal phone call from a United States Senator and right wing calls for a boycott, before Amazon agreed to quit hosting WikiLeaks's servers earlier this week. Tableau Software, another Seattle-based company (albeit an exponentially smaller one), however, just barred WikiLeaks from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Ferry Passengers Respond to Murray/Gaga Cover Censorship

    ​Since this week's issue of SW was pulled from all Washington State Ferries (WSF) for its allegedly tactless cover art, I decided to play newsboy for the afternoon and hear from the readers themselves. It turns out that the image of Patty Murray draped in bacon and pork cutlets isn't as offens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    That's Mister Fuck the Drug War to You

    PubliColaCatchy middle name ya got there.​ Kudos to PubliCola for unearthing what has to be the strangest name change application King County has ever gotten. Mr. Drug War's reason for the switch? (Assumption Alert: I'm assuming no member of the fairer, and smarter, sex would dub herself "F ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2009

    Tim Burgess Versus the Panhandlers

    The Constitution may be the latter’s greatest defender.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Is Starbucks Trying to Clean Up Anjulie's Music?

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Gmail sucks

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2008

    The Daily Wire: Unsound Sounds

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Hustler Publisher Gives Seattle U an Earful

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2007

    Larry Flynt's Gold Wheelchair

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2006

    Strip Club Ads Feature No Strippers

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    Organized Lap Dancing

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2006

    Humane Society Sues Amazon

    ​About two or three weeks ago, I got an advance of Toronto-based pop singer Anjulie's new self-titled album. I'd heard about her almost a year earlier and have been looking forward to listening to the finished product. Anjulie, born to Guyanese parents and raised in the greater Toronto area, ... More >>

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Supreme Retort

    On the lam, cranky journalist Paul Trummel scores a First Amendment victory.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Muhammad Cartoon War

    It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Censorship Begins at Home

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Media, State Politics

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Civil Rights, the Monorail, and City Hall

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Crowd Control

    The media were oblivious when Seattle police trampled the First Amendment.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    Free, except to write

    The media were oblivious when Seattle police trampled the First Amendment.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    "People who feel the need to have slogans on their T-shirts, like those who put "witty" bumper stickers on their cars, usually have nothing interesting to say."

    The media were oblivious when Seattle police trampled the First Amendment.

  • News

    May 15, 2002

    Cowards suck

    Mariners management proves that at Safeco Field, courage and capitalism are indeed two separate ball games.

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    A well-hung show

    Artist charges censorship and withdraws exhibit of male nudes.

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Courthouse dance

    JAMPAC's fight to overturn the Teen Dance Ordinance moves forward.

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    News Clips— Council clams up

    JAMPAC's fight to overturn the Teen Dance Ordinance moves forward.

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    Fighting words

    Is Paul Trummel a crusading journalist or the neighbor from hell?

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Indy rocked

    The FBI targets Seattle's Independent Media Center.

  • Film

    December 13, 2000

    Mightier than the sword

    Writer's potency displaced but not denied.

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Before your eyes

    Writer's potency displaced but not denied.

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Free speech or hate speech?

    Dr. Laura's fans and critics fight it out locally and nationally.

  • News

    May 31, 2000

    A nudge and a link

    The shifting sands of Net legislation make for expensive real estate.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    No-tell Mattel

    The shifting sands of Net legislation make for expensive real estate.

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    Arts increase meets March madness

    The shifting sands of Net legislation make for expensive real estate.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Latest developments in the privacy wars

    The shifting sands of Net legislation make for expensive real estate.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Public Net Enemy #1

    The shifting sands of Net legislation make for expensive real estate.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Letters

    "Of course, one can't expect white-coat welfare recipients to admit that their breeding colonies and labs should be cut off from the federal tax dollar trough they feed from . . ."

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Lets Dance

    A federal court judge busts Sidran.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Ride-alongs and drive-bys

    A federal court judge busts Sidran.

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Letters

    Guy-bash outrage

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Letters

    ACLU on the defense

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Smashed Hits

    Music censorship doesn't start and end with rock 'n' roll.

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Pole position

    A group of punks are sticking it to City Hall with an initiative to repeal Seattle's poster ban.

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    The politics of cyberphobia

    Is it political correctness or irrational fear of the Internet that has the ACLU abandoning its time-honored principles?

  • Arts

    October 7, 1998

    Fun with S&M

    Doug Wright's play offers several shades of the Marquis de Sade.

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