Amanda Luker

The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.

Amanda Luker is a freelance writer, editor and media producer from Minneapolis, MN. She is Clamor magazine's politics co-editor and the Brooklyn Rail's webmaster. She recently received her MA in Media Studies from The New School in New York City.

Previous contributions to The NewStandard (120):

• 10/20/04 FL court: provisional ballots cast at wrong precinct won’t count
• 10/20/04 Gov’t rejects request for pre-approved Islamic charity list
• 10/19/04 ACLU turns down foundation money over civil liberties concerns
• 10/15/04 Palm Beach voter machine tests hit a glitch
• 10/14/04 Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments monuments
• 10/14/04 Supreme Court to tackle inmate religious freedom case
• 10/14/04 Maryland school board considers banning books, bestowing Bible
• 10/13/04 Unregistered Jordanian student deported without hearing
• 10/08/04 New EEOC guidelines scale back workplace diversity efforts
• 10/08/04 Eavesdropping law challenged by filmmakers’ case
• 10/08/04 Federal terror probe targets 'dissident' Muslims and Arabs
• 10/07/04 NYPD questioned on fingerprinting of GOP Convention protesters
• 10/07/04 Black deputy awarded $99,999 in discrimination case
• 10/07/04 Louisiana to defend rule against foreign lawyers
• 10/07/04 ACLU questions ferry search law
• 10/06/04 Portland lawyer sues U.S. government, claims religious profiling
• 10/05/04 Berkeley voters to decide on decriminalizing sex work
• 09/30/04 Voting machine controversy revived in Florida
• 09/30/04 Book lovers petition Congress criticizing the Patriot Act
• 09/30/04 Pharmacist withholds ‘morning-after’ pill from pregnant woman
• 09/30/04 Border patrol linked to immigrant deaths
• 09/30/04 Judge orders Ashcroft to release secret immigration memo
• 09/26/04 Tennessee judge strikes down ‘Choose Life’ tag
• 09/24/04 Study shows Black male vote depleted in Atlanta
• 09/24/04 Green cards delayed by anti-terror programs
• 09/22/04 Report shows substandard tribal housing cause of health risks
• 09/22/04 Government ordered to explain detainments at Guantanamo Bay
• 09/22/04 Immigrant advocates rally across country in ‘National Week of Action’
• 09/22/04 AIDS workers concerned over federal limits to health education
• 09/21/04 Increased Racial Profiling Since 9/11, Amnesty Int’l Says
• 09/15/04 Man barred from library for browsing gay news website
• 09/15/04 Justice Dep’t opens inquiry into Muslim lawyer’s arrest
• 09/14/04 Assault weapons ban ends; anti-gun groups to take fight to states
• 09/10/04 Captive released after three years in Guantanamo
• 09/10/04 New Haven to try catching tax cheats with license plate scanners
• 09/10/04 Youth prison faces federal inspection following rights allegations
• 09/10/04 Houston proposes school for immigrant students
• 09/08/04 Justice Department asks to keep ID case secret
• 09/08/04 ACLU sues California schools on behalf of pregnant students
• 08/27/04 Federal court strikes down ‘partial birth’ abortion ban
• 08/27/04 Judge denies class action status in disability case
• 08/27/04 Teacher sues over right to teach war photo assignment
• 08/27/04 Judge: Iranian brothers not a security threat
• 08/25/04 Albany Muslims released to home arrest due to lack of evidence
• 08/25/04 Protesters denied Central Park … again
• 08/20/04 Schools question homeless families’ right to enroll
• 08/20/04 Judge orders U.S. to release overseas detainee records
• 08/20/04 Court upholds required DNA testing for parolees
• 08/20/04 Students of color sue school district over expulsions
• 08/20/04 Security crackdown means loss of drivers' licenses for some immigrants

The NewStandard ceased publishing on April 27, 2007.