The Constitution

Roberts’s Rules of Order

Roberts’s Rules of Order Roberts’s Rules of Order

Marcia Coyle’s damning study of the Roberts Court’s conservative agenda.

Jun 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

The Meta Question

The Meta Question The Meta Question

What is the NSA doing with your metadata?

Jun 17, 2013 / Feature / Jaron Lanier

‘We Steal Secrets’ Misses the Leak for the Leakers

‘We Steal Secrets’ Misses the Leak for the Leakers ‘We Steal Secrets’ Misses the Leak for the Leakers

Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney’s film, so today’s Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.

Jun 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Peter Maass

The Making of a Global Security State

The Making of a Global Security State The Making of a Global Security State

The five uncontrollable urges of a secrecy-surveillance world.

Jun 17, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

The Five Stages of Living in a National Surveillance State

The Five Stages of Living in a National Surveillance State The Five Stages of Living in a National Surveillance State

Acceptance may be the most painful step.

Jun 11, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Spying by the NSA: Calm Down, It’s Not Nixon’s Plumbers

Spying by the NSA: Calm Down, It’s Not Nixon’s Plumbers Spying by the NSA: Calm Down, It’s Not Nixon’s Plumbers

Not a molehill, but not a mountain either.

Jun 11, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Passion of Edward Snowden

The Passion of Edward Snowden The Passion of Edward Snowden

There’s really nothing “meta” about metadata.

Jun 10, 2013 / Chase Madar

The Senate’s Next Feingolds Must Step Up to Defend Privacy Rights

The Senate’s Next Feingolds Must Step Up to Defend Privacy Rights The Senate’s Next Feingolds Must Step Up to Defend Privacy Rights

Congress has a responsibility to check and balance surveillance abuses. It has failed up to this point. 

Jun 6, 2013 / John Nichols

John Lewis

John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights

Nearly five decades after Bloody Sunday in Selma, he’s in the fight of his life, as the Supreme Court threatens to overturn his signature achievement.

Jun 5, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman

Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets

Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

Apr 30, 2013 / Robert Scheer

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