May 28, 1948: The National Party Wins South African Elections, Promises to Introduce Apartheid May 28, 1948: The National Party Wins South African Elections, Promises to Introduce Apartheid
“Politically, the Africans are becoming more conscious of their own rights and wrongs. They are not wholly ignorant of the fact that world opinion is on their side.”
May 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA
A new cybersecurity elite moves between government and private practice, taking state secrets with them.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
The Key to Ending Mass Surveillance? Math. The Key to Ending Mass Surveillance? Math.
Encryption is a better safeguard of our civil liberties than the law.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Eleanor Saitta
What Amazon Taught the Cops What Amazon Taught the Cops
Predictive policing is just another form of supply-chain efficiency.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Ingrid Burrington
How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
Welcome to the new Wild West of data collection without regulation.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Astra Taylor and Jathan Sadowski
These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us
How workplace surveillance has become a menace to health and safety.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Jessica Bruder
Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That. Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.
Conservatives explore cutting benefits behind a high-tech facade.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Virginia Eubanks
The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time The Push for Debt-Free College Is Hitting the Big Time
An idea that didn't formally exist six weeks ago is picking up a lot of steam.
May 27, 2015 / George Zornick
‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political ‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political
New technologies will not solve our problems: People acting collectively will.
May 27, 2015 / Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor
Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: ‘You Can’t Have It All!’ Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: ‘You Can’t Have It All!’
Renewing a politics of fierce opposition to "financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering."
May 27, 2015 / John Nichols