1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (759+ words) The U.S. is measurably less free than it was when the government launched its war on terror 25 years ago, according to the most comprehensive global index of civil liberties. The most worrisome aspect of this backsliding, advocates and scholars warn, is…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (176+ words) Crikey A lot of things kick the breath from you at the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the underground museum at the site where the World Trade Centre once stood. You can stand beneath a knotted row of steel beams from…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (339+ words) An official belonging to the Prime Minister's Secretariat posed as a private citizen to ask questions to independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, leading to the exposure of the official's identity. When Lawmaker Han questioned whether the Prime Minister's Secretariat was conducting…...

4+ day, 52+ min ago   (1714+ words) By Molly Wetsch of South Dakota News Watch - September 10, 2026 in Government, News Reading Time: 8 minutes Some local law enforcement agencies in South Dakota are pulling back on the use of Flock cameras, and the state attorney general is drafting legislation…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (543+ words) When the attacks of September 11, 2001, stunned America 25 years ago, the Prospect had just moved to Washington and brought on a new executive editor in Harold Meyerson. In about a week, we managed to assign and edit an issue that was…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (427+ words) Federal surveillance is not new, but today’s scale and scope are unprecedented. The newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Erica Schwartz, made federal priorities clear during her recent confirmation hearing: “Abortion surveillance is absolutely…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (416+ words) by Brian Darling, opinion contributor 09/09/26 07:00 AM ET An Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) camera made by Flock Safety is seen in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Va., on Friday, August 14, 2026. An uprising is afoot against the Flock Safety, because its…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (420+ words) A European Citizens’ Initiative opposing mandatory digital identity and age checks online has opened for signatures as the EU plans to expand digital verification. Called Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI)…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (734+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. We increasingly live in a Surveillance Police State, not because of “boogey-man communism,” but so wealthy corporations can track our spending, market unnecessary products,…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (189+ words) The surveillance powers Washington expanded after the September 11 terrorist attacks did not disappear when the immediate emergency passed. A new episode of Forgotten History traces how those authorities evolved alongside technology into systems capable of tracking far more than suspected…...