Press clippings

A listing of news, blog, and other items about MCCRC work:

2012

• 05/28: MD DEMOCRATS ON WAR: Dutch Ruppersberger on Drones, Takoma Park Civil Liberties, MoCo War Resolution & More (Maryland Juice)
• 05/24: Takoma Park, MD condemns domestic military detention (People’s Blog)
• 05/22: Takoma Park, MD passes resolution opposing NDAA (Tenth Amdt. Ctr)
• 04/26: Civil Rights Coalition To Hold Discussion on Detention Provisions (Takoma Patch)
• 04/19: Maryland Residents and Activists Speak Out Against the NDAA (People’s Blog)

2011

• 11/15: Proposed Teen Curfew Discussed at Public Hearing in Montgomery County (FOXDC.com)
• 10/09: Former Congressman Fred Grandy responds to Maryland lawmakers (Islawmix)
• 10/01: Dispelling the “Creeping Shariah” myth (People’s Blog for the Constitution)
• 09/28: Montgomery Country, MD forum explores “creeping shariah” (Islawmix)
• 09/28: Diverse Crowd Attends Forum on Islamophobia (CC Patch)
• 09/28: Update on Fred Grandy “Creeping Sharia” Tour in MD (MD Juice)
• 09/26: Video: CAIR Rep Speaks at Forum on Myth of ‘Creeping Sharia’ (CAIRtv)
• 09/23: Op-ed: Inviting Republicans as Well as Democrats to Saturday’s Forum on Islamophobia (Nephew to CC Patch)
• 09/21: Islamophobia is Focus of Friendship Heights Forum (Chevy Chase Patch)
• 03/04: Breakfast links: Fundamental Rights (GreaterGreaterWashington)
• 02/23: Privacy groups start petition drive urging halt to D.C. metro bag searches (Government Security News)
• 02/21: “…tackles the concept that Metro bag searches aren’t ‘really that bad’” (dcist.com)
• 02/08: Random bag searches on the DC Metro await final verdict (Daily Caller)
• 02/04: Riders to DC Metro: Stop the Pointless Random Searches (change.org)
• 02/02: “In the News“ (ATU Local 689)
• 01/17: Bag Search Refusers Will be Watched nbcwashington.com)
• 01/17: Taborn: Riders Who Refuse Bag Search Will Be “Observed” dcist.com)
• 01/10: Riders unhappy with Metro bag searches (GW Hatchet)
• 01/03: More than 600 sign petition against Metro bag searches (Wash.Examiner)

2010

• 12/30: Riders to host forum on Metro’s random bag searches (Wash.Examiner)
• 12/22: Civil liberties groups step up opposition to bag searches (Wash.Examiner)
• 12/22: Civil lib activists to collect signatures against Metro bag checks at Union Station today (tbd.com)
• 12/21: Groups launch petition against Metro ’security theater’ (Daily Caller)
• 12/21: “We don’t like the idea that Metro riders are being treated as if they are potential terrorists” (elliott.org)
• 12/21: Metro Begins Random Bag Searches (nbcwashington.com)
• 12/20: Petition against Metro bag checks (AP/WaPo/Dr. Gridlock); also
• Civil Liberties Groups Not Happy With Metro’s Bag Search Plans (WAMU)
  Rights Groups Have Petition Against Metro Searches (CBS, Baltimore)
  Rights Groups Petition Against Metro Searches (WUSA)
  Groups launch petition against Metro searches (WTOP)
  Local Civil Liberties Activists Oppose Metro Bag Search Program (Common Dreams)