Surveillance

The out-of-control nature of our national security agencies today is our new “national nightmare,” and the only way to wake up is to create a new Church Commission, which …

Chris Hedges: Moral courage is always defined by the state as treason.

Michael Ratner: Documents show the US engaged in major attacks against journalists, publishers, and whistleblowers, as a UK court upholds the legality of David Miranda's detention at Heathrow airport.

The DAC is a proposed, $10.9M Department of Homeland Security-funded, 24/7 surveillance center, which has generated a firestorm of press.

Shadow government has conquered 21st-century Washington. We have the makings of a thug state of the first order.

The NSA revelations show the urgent need to reform the laws governing surveillance and to rein in the intelligence community.

Chris Hedges: Those who wield unchecked power over the citizenry live in “the prerogative state,” and the masses trapped in their totalitarian structure live in “the normative state.”

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host a debate on former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his disclosure of the massive spying apparatus the NSA operates in the …

West Virginia is dealing with another coal-related toxic spill, and people are finding out the hard way about the real dangers of fossil fuels.

According to a new report from Reporters Without Borders, there was a profound erosion of press freedom in the United States in 2013.