May 2015

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Juan Thompson

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Juan Thompson

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Juan Thompson

Blacks are more likely to be killed in Missouri than any other state, and five black women in St. Louis were recently killed in rapid succession. Do local police care?

Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber, whose brother-in-law Salim bin Ali Jaber, an anti-al Qaeda cleric; and 26-year-old nephew Walid Abdullah bin Ali Jaber, were killed in a drone strike in Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province on August 29, 2012, speaks at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington November 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Glenn Greenwald

(updated below) Bush-era House Speaker Denny Hastert, who was indicted yesterday, is a living, breathing embodiment of everything sleazy and wrong with U.S. politics. That is highlighted not only by his central role in enabling every War on Terror excess, but also by this fact: Hastert’s ability to make such large cash payments probably came from […]

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

Ryan Gallagher

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

Ryan Gallagher

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

Ryan Gallagher

A landmark new United Nations report is “the first attempt to create a legal framework for digital security,” David Kaye, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of expression, told The Intercept in an interview Thursday. The report is urging governments not to ban or mandate surveillance “backdoors” in encryption and anonymity tools that are used […]

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Lee Fang

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Lee Fang

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Lee Fang

Across the country, legislatures are responding to whistleblowers and activists who have exposed inhumane and at times unsanitary practices at farms by passing laws that criminalize the taking of photos or videos at agricultural facilities. Farming interests have publicly backed the campaign to outlaw recording. But emails I obtained through a records request reveal that in Idaho, […]

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

George Joseph

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

George Joseph

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

George Joseph

Anonymous senior officials claim that not renewing three sections of the Patriot Act is “playing national security Russian Roulette” in a time of unspecified “mounting terrorism threats.” Vigilant citizens take to Twitter to illustrate the consequences.

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Murtaza Hussain

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Murtaza Hussain

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Murtaza Hussain

Yesterday, the head of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria gave the clearest indication yet that the "Khorasan Group" is a fabrication.

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

Dan Froomkin

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

Dan Froomkin

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

Dan Froomkin

Encryption is not the refuge of scoundrels, it is an essential tool needed to protect the right of freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age, a new United Nations report concludes.

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

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Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Release of Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videos

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Death and Neglect at Rikers Island Women’s Jail

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

Denny Hastert is Contemptible, But His Indictment Exemplifies America’s Over-Criminalization Pathology

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

U.N. Special Rapporteur: Governments Must Not “Backdoor” Encryption for Spying

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted “Ag-Gag” Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

Al Qaeda Syria Boss Says That His “So-Called Khorasan Group Doesn’t Exist”

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age

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