-
April 26, 2023
What Were the Twitter Files?
While it’s clear Matt Taibbi made some serious factual errors, criticisms of the disclosures have ignored the role of the FBI and other parts of the national security state.
Branko Marcetic
-
April 25, 2023
The DOJ Is Using “Foreign Agents” Accusations to Repress Black Liberation Organizers
We must demand that the FBI cease invoking the Foreign Agents Registration Act to spy on and criminalize Black social justice leaders.
Collin P. Poirot and Azadeh Shahshahani
-
February 23, 2023
The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State
If new technologies lead us toward a surveillance state, it will be in part because the courts failed to check the power of the executive branch.
Patrick C. Toomey
-
December 8, 2022
The Qatar World Cup Ushers in a New Era of Digital Authoritarianism in Sports
With drones, video cameras, facial recognition software, and undercover police, the tournament may be the most-surveilled sporting event ever.
Karim Zidan
-
August 25, 2022
Defund the Police Algorithms
Law enforcement is increasingly turning to software to surveil and anticipate crime. But a grassroots movement is emerging to resist algorithmic policing.
Michelle Chen
-
GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!
-
June 27, 2022
The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma
A coalition of law students at New York University has condemned the nonprofit for partnering with various police technology, surveillance, and weaponry companies.
Ruqaiyah Zarook
-
May 11, 2022
Under Biden, the Border Wall Is More Powerful Than Ever
Officials continue to promote a border-wall system that’s increasingly profitable—and more than ever like something out of a science-fiction movie.
Todd Miller
-
February 1, 2022
The Hypocrisy of American Islamophobia
This country’s security agencies continue their laser focus on monitoring Muslim Americans, even as they grossly underestimate the threat from white supremacists.
Juan Cole
-
January 28, 2022
We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security
Since 9/11, we’ve overfunded a second Pentagon capable of focusing on whatever it considers to be most politically expedient.
Andrea Mazzarino
-
November 20, 2021
Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?
With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff