First Amendment Rights

Amendment 2: Two Bishops, Two Views

Tie Me Up! Tone Me Down!

Lewd magazine publisher Dugent experiences the ultimate masochistic thrill - a spanking from its neighbors in prim and proper Coral Gables

Program Notes

Lewd magazine publisher Dugent experiences the ultimate masochistic thrill - a spanking from its neighbors in prim and proper Coral Gables

Body Count Down

But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

Why Can't They Do It In the Road?

For two local street artists, the law giveth and the law taketh away

High & Mighty

What do you do when some morons criticize you in a news report? If you're the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the top federal cop, the answer is easy: You blackball the news reporter

Letters from the Issue of March 7, 2002

More debate about "Strings Attached"

Shake

If it ain't your party, you better fight for your rights

Fair Weather Freedom Fighters

The Latin Grammys got the headlines, but brave and bruised theater director Alberto Sarraín got the honors

Frank Talk About Free Speech

Attorney Victor Diaz chats up the ACLU's Howard Simon

Cuba Ordinance 101

A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

Speak Your Mind, Lose Your Job

A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

A Crash Course in Tolerance

Rosie Heffernan's students are no dummies when it comes to the U.S. Constitution -- as their parents are learning

Cuba's Finest Banned

Rosie Heffernan's students are no dummies when it comes to the U.S. Constitution -- as their parents are learning

A Cocked Pistol

Miami Herald sports columnist Dan Le Batard goes Cosmo and cements his reputation as the paper's gender-relations expert

Free to Speak Her Mind

Miami Herald sports columnist Dan Le Batard goes Cosmo and cements his reputation as the paper's gender-relations expert

Freedom of Speech in Handcuffs

Miami police use an obsolete law to arrest two union activists. Too bad they didn't know the ordinance was being taken out of the code.

Letters

Miami police use an obsolete law to arrest two union activists. Too bad they didn't know the ordinance was being taken out of the code.

Chiles Pornography

Hear ye! Hear ye! The state gets into a righteous - dare we say fundamentalist? - huff

NPR, WaPo Refuse to Report That Outrage Is About Crist

You've probably already heard about Outrage, the new documentary that aims to out closeted politicians who hypocritically vote for anti-gay legislation. Since you live in Florida, you've probably also heard that the film prominently features our own tanned gubernatorial whiz-kid and maybe gay guy Ch ... More >>

Cleveland Fans Hate First Amendment Almost As Much As They Hate LeBron

via ABC15​Matthew Bellamy, the man who bravely wore a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey to a Cleveland Indians game only to get escorted out and allegedly berated by police, is now a first amendment martyr. And Cleveland fans absolutely hate the very Constitution of this fine country, at least accord ... More >>

Koran Burning Cancelled, Pastor Claims Deal with Park51 Imam

Pastor Terry Jones​The tiny Gainesville, Florida, Dove World Outreach Center ignited an international controversy when they announced plans to burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of September 11. The story stirred the same strong feelings surrounding a planned Muslim community center near Ground ... More >>

Where Are WikiLeaks' Media Friends? UPDATED

Julian Assange​UPDATE: WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard---and Worst of All, the MediaWhere are the First Amendment's establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down WikiLeaks?Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of res ... More >>

North Miami Beach Police Employees Fired Over Santeria Curse On City Manager UPDATE

​North Miami Beach has fired two police department employees after they allegedly were caught in the office trying to cast a Santeria curse on the city manager shortly before mass layoffs were planned. Veteran officer Elizabeth Torres and office manager Yvonne Rodriguez were canned last week over ... More >>