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Climate Change Messaging: Avoid the Truth
We must admit that climate change is an unavoidable outcome of an unsustainable political-economy, and techno-fixes will not save us.
Tech Companies Adopt Astroturf to Get Their (Wicked) Way
Tech corporations out to increase their already immense profits have begun funding organizations professedly aiming to bring positive change for the masses. However, these groups largely serve the interests …
TurboTax Maker Linked to “Grassroots” Campaign Against Free, Simple Tax Filing
Intuit and its allies are continuing to work against proposals for what's known as return-free filing.
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Open Systems and Glass Ceilings: The Disappearing Woman and Life on the Internet
The Internet turns out to be a superb mechanism for consolidating money and power and control, even as it gives toys and minor voices to the rest of us.
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The Life and Death of the “Great” American Mall
The mall will be both maligned and recalled fondly by those of us who grew up with it, but it will not be replaced by another equally potent symbol …
FDA Approves Innovative New Device to Reverse Opiate Overdose
The Drug Policy Alliance praised the FDA for continuing to address the opiate overdose problem in the US.
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Privacy Tools: Mask Your Location
In the course of writing her book, Dragnet Nation, ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin tried various strategies to protect her privacy. In this series of book excerpts she distills her …
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Advice Too Secret to Ignore: Col. Manners Answers Your Questions on CIA Practices, Proper Cyberwar Behavior, and Invasion Etiquette
Once again, Col. Manners answers the questions of ordinary citizens about how their secret government actually works.
You Can Now Drive Across The US For Free, Mainstream Media Ignores It
A car company has announced that you can now drive an electric car across the continental US for FREE. And yet our corporate media does not seem to think …
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Google for Media? How Big Tech Is Shaping Journalism
We are just entering the era when high-tech companies own, control and actively participate in mainstream media. Is that a good thing?