(articles subdivided and arranged most recent to oldest)
"Un-Americanism in Seattle" by John Ruhland
The University of Washington, possibly the birthplace of McCarthyism, now shows some remorse.
[May/June 1998]
"A Different Kind of Drug Enforcement" by Nick Dispoldo
Some drugs you can't even buy, but the state can make you take them.
[May/June 1998]
"Watching the Watchmen" by Georgi Page.
Copwatch 206 patrols the CD.
[January/February 1998]
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent..." by Doug Nufer.
More than just a punchline for cop shows.
[January/February 1998]
"You Also Have the Right to Eat" by Laura Bierce.
Volunteer group at odds with authorities.
[January/February 1998]
"Escape from Labor's Abyss" by John Gorrell.
A five-step recipe for improving worker rights worldwide.
[January/February 1998]
"Human Rights Bodyguards" by Joe Sperry.
Nothwesterners help stop death squad attacks on union leaders and nonviolent activists in Guatemala and elsewhere.
[September/October 1997]
"Business Behind Bars" by Paul Wright.
The real drive behind prison labor for the private sector is not rehabilitation, but government subsidies which cost Washington State millions per year and eliminate fair-paying jobs for free workers.
[September/October 1997]
"If You Build It, They Will Come" by Dan Pens.
Civil commitment centers for sexual predators venture onto shady judicial ground
[September/October 1997]
"America Does Not Need Capital Punishment" by Michael B. Ross
from Death Row, Northern Correctional Institute, Connecticut
An inmate on death row writes of how the death penalty undermines society's values.
[September/October 1997]
"Welcome to Niketown" by Richard Thorsten.
A boycott on labor issues is officially begun.
[July/August 1997]
"Made in the U.S.A.?" by Phil Kaplan.
The story of Saipan, where labor abuses flourish under the U.S. flag.
[July/August 1997]
"Police Beat" by Doug Collins.
The untold stories of day-to-day police misconduct.
[July/August 1997]
"Disney Gives Bennies to Same-sex Partners" by Cory Herndon.
And God is Upset.
[September/October 1996]
"Taking the Blood out of Money" by Carolyn Stevens and Doug Collins.
War tax resisters refuse to pay the military bill.
[July/August 1996]
"Teenage Wastelands" by Vivian Sharples.
The U.S. Army is using Seattle's public schools as a captive audience for recruitment.
[February/March 1996]
"Tracking the Religious Wrong"
Excerpts from and ACLU report entitled 'The Religious Right in Washington'.
[December/January 1996]
"Slaves of the State" by Paul Wright.
Prison laborers do time in factories with fences.
[October/November 1995]
"God Stories" by John Ambrosavage.
Ambro takes on God.
[October/November 1995]
"'School of Assassins' Video Available," by Brian King.
Expose of the School of the Americas.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"Uncle Sam's School of Assassins," by Holly Borba.
Activists work tirelessly to close a training ground for Central American death squads.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"A River (Used to) Run Through it," by Marsha Shaiman.
Skokomish Indians fight relicensing of the Cushman dams.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"Seattle Counts Down to Beijing," by Alle Hall.
Local participants prepare for the UN Fourth World Conference on Women.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"Q&A: Don Pember," interviewed by D. Rush Allison.
Protecting the First Amendment.
[June/July 1995]
"The Walk a Mile Project,"
D. Rush Allison interviews the founders of a WAM project to show politicians what it's like to live on a welfare budget.
[April/May 1995]
Q&A: Norm Stamper interviewed by Bill Lyons.
Seattle Chief of Police.
[December/January 1995]
"Afflicted with Otherness" by kent Chadwick.
Review of Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi.
[December/January 1995]
"Weed & Seed Three Years On" by Brian King.
Three years later, more weed than seed.
[October/November 1994]
Reel Underground (October/November 1994)
Film Reviews of selections in the 1994 Seattle Human Rights Film Festival:
"Three Strikes Racks 'em Up" by Paul Wright.
Baseball slogans masquerade as social policy.
[August/September 1994]
Q&A: Jonathon Blank interviewed by Julia Eaton.
Director of the documentary 'Sex, Drugs, and Democracy'.
[August/September 1994]
"The Empire Strikes Back: The Case of John Anderson" by Rua Kelly.
More Seattle Police Department misbehavin'.
[February/March 1994]
Q&A: Alan Gottlieb interviewed by Mike Blain.
President of the Second Amendment Foundation.
[December/January 1994]
"What's So 'American' About Killing Each Other?" by Mark Worth.
Nothing, really, but we seem to keep getting better at it.
[December/January 1994]
"Search & Seized: The Kafka-esque World of Civil Asset Forfeiture" by Daniel Johnson.
Will the government's practice of snatching money and property from innocent people become the first casualty of the war on drugs?
[October/November 1993]
"Local Offender Describes Frustration" by Daniel Johnson.
How an accomplished professional and father lost his property.
[October/November 1993]
"U.S. Attorney Nominee: Open to Change?" by Daniel Johnson.
Will a defense attorney make a difference as appointed prosecutor?
[October/November 1993]
"Reliving Washington's Prohibition Hangover" by Doug Lauen.
Review of The Dry Years: Prohibition and Social Change in Washington by Norman H. Clark.
[September 1993]
"Was George 'Poppy Boyington' Bush a War Criminal?" by Free Press staff.
Did ex-prez commit war atrocities?
[September 1993]
"SPD Loses, Citizens Win" by Mark Worth.
Cop self-inspection system is reformed.
[September 1993]
"SPD Rejects Auditor's Ideas to Improve Investigations of Cop Misconduct" by Mark Worth.
Running of Seattle Police Dept. continues to generate controversy.
[July/August 1993]
"Just Say 'No' to Drug Enforcement," by Mark Worth.
I've been tripping and toking my way through summer, but the cops could care less.
[July/August 1993]
"When Cops Investigate Themselves," by Mark Worth.
The results don't always come out the way you'd think. Here's Why.
[June 1993]
"Auditor to SPD: Changes Needed to Build Public Trust," by Mark Worth.
A list of reforms and ideas for making the SPD an immaculate public service provider.
[June 1993]
"A Bold Step and a Modest Solution," by Ruby Steele.
What does the future hold for health care?
[April 1993]
"Cops (Screw Up) In Seattle," by Free Press staff.
Stupid cop tricks.
[April 1993]
"White Lenses" by Kent Chadwick.
reviews of Answering Chief Seattle by Albert Furtwangler and Suquamish Tribes' The Eyes of Chief Seattle.
[March/April 1998]
"Muckleshoot Tribe to Loose Sacred Sites" compiled by Lindsay Brown.
Treaty rights threatened in Huckleberry Mountain land exchange
[November/December 1997]
"Origins of Gambling on Indian Land" cartoon for issue 25. by Ron & Emily Austin
[January/February 1997]
"U.S.-Mexico Military Ties: Unexamined and Growing" by Norman Solomon.
U.S. role in suppressing the Chiapas rebellion has stayed in the shadows.
[July/August 1996]
"Nuxalk Sovereignty Ignored" by Matt Robesch.
New confrontations planned as land dispute heats up.
[July/August 1996]
"Sandpoint Wrangling Continues" by Matt Robesch.
Update on the Muckleshoot Tribe's efforts to secure the former Sand Point Naval Station.
[July/August 1996]
"BC Natives Want Trees, Not Treaties" by Matt Robesch.
The governments of Canada and British Columbia refuse to own up to the promises of a colonial king.
[February/March 1996]
"A River (Used To) Run Through It" by Marsha Shaiman
Skokomish Indians fight relicensing of the Cushman dams.
[September/August 1995]
"Indian on the Edge of the 21st Century Blues," by Kent Chadwick.
Review of Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues.
[June/July 1995]
"Muckleshoot Tribe's Patience is Tested" by Matt Robesch.
Continued wrangling over who gets the land at Sand Point Naval Base.
[August/September 1994]
"Tribes Forced to Prove Existence" by Free Press staff.
Fed forces Native Americans into 'recognition' process.
[December/January 1994]
"The Spirit of Leonard Peltier at The Evergreen State College" by Matt Robesch.
Evergreen's 1993 graduating class elects political prisoner Peltier its commencement speaker.
[October/November 1993]
"A Matter of Fairness" by Matt Robesch.
Awarding the Sand Point Naval Base to the Muckleshoot Tribe isn't only logical, it may just be required under the law.
[September 1993]
"Sherman Alexie's Crazy Horse Poetry," by Kent Chadwick.
Reviews of The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems and Old Shirts and New Skins by Sherman Alexie.
[May 1993]
"Don't Ask, Don't Recruit" by Michael Dedrick.
Public schools give military recruiters a dishonorable discharge.
[January/February 1997]
"Disney Gives Bennies to Same-sex Partners" by Cory Herndon.
And God is Upset.
[September/October 1996]
"Mapping Our Quandary" by Richard Jackman.
Conference shows promise and pitfalls as queer activists ask: Which way from Wenatchee?
[July/August 1996]
"Long Arm of the Publisher"
Update on the Sandy Nelson case.
[July/August 1996]
"Reluctant Warriors" by Richard Jackman.
Gay and Lesbian activists find themselves picking a fight they didn't choose.
[April/May 1996]
"TNT Blasts Away at Reporter's Rights"
Sandy Nelson's struggle continues despite lower court set back.
[June/July 1995]
"Ballot Measure 9 and the Politics of Hate," by Paul D. Goetz.
Documentary about attempt to restrict civil liberties in Oregon.
[June/July 1995]
"Solomon & Nelson Speak Out in Seattle"
Challenging the notion of objectivity in journalism.
[October/November 1994]
"The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name in the Army" by Clara Fraser.
Guest column by the Founder/Editor of The Freedom Socialist.
[September 1993]
