Surveillance

Trump's pick for National Intelligence Director laid out his vision for surveillance — it's not good for technology users.

Data surveillance targets people hit with trumped-up felony riot charges.

The “cost assessment” called for in Trump's executive order could be used to quietly end US refugee resettlement.

Under neoliberalism, state and corporate power have fused, using technology to transform private life into a system of total domination.

The executive order can be read as an official authorization to pursue the most racist and reactionary criminal legal policies in recent memory.

Tensions are high on the Tohono O'odham Nation, where Border Patrol has proposed high-tech surveillance towers.

Trump's reported plan to change a federal program that combats violent “extremism” looks like a step toward empowering white supremacist groups.

Bossert's retweet of an Islamophobic post is another example of Team Trump's comfort in mainstreaming such messages.

Although 2016 often felt like a nail in humanity's coffin, there were many displays of fierce resilience.