Politics

The Key to Ending Mass Surveillance? Math.

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 What Amazon Taught the Cops

Predictive policing is just another form of supply-chain efficiency.

May 27, 2015 / Feature / Ingrid Burrington

Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.

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 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 ‘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!’ 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

Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade

Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade

His progressive critics have been studying trade deals for two decades—and they know what they’re talking about.

May 27, 2015 / John Nichols

What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq

What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq

The mainstream media are unwilling to hold the architects of the war accountable.

May 27, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

Fiorina Talks. Iowa Swoons. Will It Last? Fiorina Talks. Iowa Swoons. Will It Last?

—Front-page head, The New York Times

May 27, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Will Jeb Bush Get Away With His ‘Scheme’ to Skirt Campaign Finance Rules?

Will Jeb Bush Get Away With His ‘Scheme’ to Skirt Campaign Finance Rules? Will Jeb Bush Get Away With His ‘Scheme’ to Skirt Campaign Finance Rules?

Campaign finance watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the unofficial presidential candidate is illegally coordinating with a super PAC.

May 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

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