The repression we saw in Portland wasn’t new — only the targets were.
The Backstory to Portland? Two Decades of ‘Homeland Security’
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Surveillance
Digital Authoritarianism Is Rising in the Middle East
Emboldened by Donald Trump, U.S. allies are leading the charge toward greater authoritarianism in the region.
Ethiopia’s Invisible Crisis
Protests broke out in Ethiopia in November, and the government is continuing its massive crackdown.
Mouth Wide Shut
Under Obama, whistleblowers face a total of 751 months behind bars — compared to 24 months for all other whistleblowers combined since the American Revolution.
Black Ops for Peace
Like it or not, diplomacy is all about backroom deals.
Participatory Totalitarianism
We are not passive objects of the surveillance state. We are active subjects of our own YouTube channels.
The Last Commencement Address
The Class of 2014 enters a shadowy world of corporate and state surveillance.
Drones Trail a Whole Host of Dilemmas – Ethical and Otherwise – in Their Wake
The problems that drones pose are legion.
NSA Surveillance’s Cost-Benefit Ratio
Massive data collection by the NSA comes down much heavier on the cost side of the ledger than the benefit.
NSA and TMI
To: John Brennan, Langley HQ From: Operative 650, undisclosed location Re: Memo XP1476 Greetings from the tropics! I apologize for not writing to you earlier. As you probably know, if you have my file in front of you, I wrote to your predecessors with various modest...