One day before primary, voters sue Board of Elections and say mysterious “purges” of voting rolls have disenfranchised unsuspecting New Yorkers As voters on Tuesday morning began casting ballots around New York in the state’s Democratic and Republican primaries, a federal court in New York City was scheduled to hear an emergency class-action lawsuit that Read More…
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The Slow Bleed: Fukushima Five Years On
The melt down of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami of 11th March 2011 seems to have quietly slipped out of our collective awareness – as quietly as the cauldrons of radioactive elements that were once within the active cores of the reactors invisibly bleed into the groundwaters Read More…
Prayer of the Refugee: My Interview with Sam the Iraqi
“Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew. Before we packed our bags And left all this behind us in the dust, We had a place that we could call home, And a life no one Read More…
Disregarding Privacy, Court Rules Common Cell Surveillance Method is Legal
The court rejected an argument that collecting phone location data without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment In a show of “complete disregard” for privacy, a federal appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the warrantless collection of cell phone location data is constitutional. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States v. Carpenter that Read More…
Revealed: CIA Funding Companies that Specialize in Social Media Spying
In-Q-Tel is reportedly investing in firms that monitor, collect, and analyze social media activities on platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Reflecting the CIA’s “increasing focus on monitoring social media,” the spy agency’s venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, has made investments in four social media mining and surveillance firms, The Intercept revealed Thursday. According to Read More…
This National Group of Prestigious Doctors is Pushing to Legalize Recreational Cannabis
A new group of over 50 doctors around the United States is calling for the legalization of marijuana, not only for medical use but for recreational purposes. The nonprofit organization, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), is the first national medical organization to advocate total legalization, backing up their goal with sound arguments about the failures of Read More…






