High School Students Debate Surveillance in Post-Snowden America
In high schools around the country, teams of students are engaging in a more intense, thoughtful debate about government spying than Congress has ever had.
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Donald Trump's Policies Are Not Anathema to U.S. Mainstream, but an Uncomfortable Reflection of It
The flamboyant denunciations of Trump by establishment figures make no sense except as self-aggrandizing pretense. He’s their id.
CNN Punished Its Own Journalist for Fulfilling a Core Duty of Journalism
The journalistic climate created by CNN neuters journalists, renders them impotent and their function largely irrelevant, and — by design or otherwise — obliterates a vital check on tyrannical impulses.
Those Demanding Free Speech Limits to Fight ISIS Pose a Greater Threat to U.S. Than ISIS
We've been told for years that The Terrorists "hate our freedoms," yet we cannot seem to rid ourselves of those who think the solution is to voluntarily abolish those freedoms ourselves.
A Muslim American Veteran Was Widely Smeared With a Fabricated Story About ISIS Charges
A right-wing website "reported" the smear against Saadiq Long. And from there, a wide range of media outlets and individuals with prominent platforms and all kinds of axes to grind explicitly declared him a Terrorist: no evidence, no trial, no due process, not even any charges.
The U.S. Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base
In Cameroon, American soldiers are launching drones from a little-known base near the Nigerian border. The surveillance flights bring the U.S. closer to the brutal ground war against Boko Haram.
Arrest of 14-Year-Old Student for Making a Clock: the Fruits of Sustained Fearmongering and Anti-Muslim Animus
This hideous event is the opposite of aberrational. It’s the natural, inevitable byproduct of the culture of fear and demonization that has festered and been continuously inflamed for many years.
George Washington University Allows Flags to Fly From Dorm Rooms — Unless They're Palestinian
Civil rights organizations say this is the latest in a long string of incidents targeting pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses across the U.S.
Leaked Emails From Pro-Clinton Group Reveal Censorship of Staff on Israel, AIPAC Pandering, Warped Militarism
The Center for American Progress censored its own writers to placate anger from AIPAC and embraced some shockingly extreme policies of militarism.
Greatest Threat to Free Speech Comes Not From Terrorism, But From Those Claiming to Fight It
The U.K. government seeks powers to ensure that working for any political outcomes regarded by British politicians as "extremist" will not only be a crime, but can be physically banned in advance.