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The Supreme Court Confronts 21st Century Technology
Two Supreme Court case decisions may significantly alter the way we capture, store, and consume information and the extent to which we can expect privacy with regard to, or …
Court Dismisses Appeal from Former Guantánamo Detainees in Damages Case, Finds Abuse “Standard”, “Foreseeable”
Torture and Religious Humiliation Occurred Even After Military Found Men Not to Be u201cEnemy Combatantsu201d.
Does Snowden Know Why the NSA Doesn’t Need Warrants? He Might.
Parsing Edward Snowden's email to the NSA, and former NSA head Michael Hayden's public statements, leads to a suspicion there may an executive order distorting the Fourth Amendment.
Empty Gestures: Immigrant Camp Evictions in France
The eviction of refugee camps near the port of Calais reflects broken immigration policies. Following the French far-right's success in European Parliament elections, these policies will be harder to …
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Viacrucis: Migrants Step Out of Shadows Into the Streets
US immigration policy, as well as its foreign policy and economic system, has moved much of Central America toward greater violence, poverty and instability.
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Our Constitutional Liberties Are Eroding From Border to Border
The surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency, but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation's …
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William Rivers Pitt | “Men’s Rights” and the Septic Tank of History
A lot of comfortable people (read: mostly men) believe the rights of women have been settled and established. In truth, the rights of women are under assault across this …
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Internalized Misogyny Within the Geek Community
Stop with the fake geek girl memes. Stop with the shaming geek girls articles. Stop shaming women and, instead, start including them.
One Year of Snowden Leaks
Michael Ratner: The empire has been hurt by the Snowden, Manning, Assange revelations.
“Border Patrol Nation”: How US Creates War Zones at Boundaries With Mexico, Canada
Todd Miller speaks with Truthout about his new book, Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security and about how the public is unaware that this …