What Actually Keeps Americans Safe

By Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Oct 3, 2016 The liberties designed by the Founding Fathers are still well aligned with the security of this country and the safety of Americans, while today's government overreach is anything but. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Police Officers Nationwide Are Using Law-Enforcement Databases Illegally for Corrupt, Personal Ends

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 28, 2016 An Associated Press investigation shows officers spying and acquiring information on “romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Democratic Convention 2016: This Is What a Sedate Police Force Looks Like

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The Republican Convention, Donald Trump and the Police State

Thor Benson / Truthdig Jul 11, 2016 Cleveland police have ordered riot gear and the presumptive presidential nominee is promising greater militarization of the police. Don’t be surprised if things outside get violent. Will the Republican National Convention be a preview of a police state headed by a President Trump? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 11, 2016 The police kill citizens with impunity, and that is exactly how the system is designed to work. The numerous little police states that exist in poor urban areas across the U.S. are models for a system that would enslave all of us. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Disabled Cancer Patient Sues TSA for Physical and Emotional Injury

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2016 Airport security guards violently arrested a disabled teenage cancer patient during a security screening at Memphis International Airport, the girl’s family has alleged in a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Welcome to Cop Land

By Matthew Harwood / TomDispatch Dec 21, 2015 If you’ve been listening to various police agencies and their supporters, then you know what the future holds: Anarchy is coming -- and it’s all the fault of activists. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Terrorizing Schoolchildren in the American Police State

By Henry A. Giroux / CounterPunch Nov 6, 2015 Under the regime of a predatory neoliberalism, compassion and respect for others are viewed increasingly with contempt while the spectacle of violence titillates the multitudes and moves markets. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

AUDIO: What Does Chris Hedges Really Want From Us? (Updated)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 9, 2015 In advance of the May 12 release of Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges’ new book, “Wages of Rebellion,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer asks Hedges what he’s really asking people to do when he urges them to revolt. Update: Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

A Five-Step Guide to Police Repression, From Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky, TomDispatch May 6, 2015 Equate dissidents with domestic terrorists; arm police with "less-lethal" weapons; replace humans with robots. Here is a step-by-step guide, based on the latest developments in the security sector, on how to police a protest movement in the new age of domestic counterinsurgency. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap

By Matthew Harwood, TomDispatch Feb 5, 2015 The shadow of a new threat seems to be darkening the national security landscape: the lone-wolf terrorist. But most of what pundits and officials claim about it simply isn't true. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion

By Hina Shamsi and Matthew Harwood, TomDispatch Nov 7, 2014 The Chico Police Department was secretly keeping tabs on Gill as a suspected terrorist. Yet nowhere in a suspicious activity report was there a scintilla of evidence that he was engaged in any kind of criminal activity whatsoever. Nevertheless, that report was uploaded to the federal government’s domestic intelligence-sharing network. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )