Immigration

ICE Swiftly Expands Its Sprawling Surveillance Apparatus

Maurizio Guerrero / Prism Jan 31, 2025 Within days of Trump’s presidential win, ICE sought out contractors to enlarge and modernize the agency’s ability to surveil noncitizens. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Drones in December Skies

Dave Granlund Dec 19, 2024 Dig deeper

Technology

Texas State Police To Massively Expand Surveillance Tech

Francesca D'Annunzio / Texas Observer Sep 3, 2024 The state will spend millions on a controversial software as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, as well as to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Military

The US Legacy of ‘Security’ Lives on 22 Years Later

Ameem Lutfi, Kevin L. Schwartz / Responsible Statecraft Sep 11, 2023 Despite being out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. has normalized a militarized approach to security worldwide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Technology

Concerns Remain as UN Cybercrime Convention Enters Final Phase

Katitza Rodriguez / Electronic Frontier Foundation Aug 3, 2023 UN Cybercrime Convention negotiations enter final Phase with troubling surveillance powers still on the table. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Ahead of Extradition Hearing, Hundreds March for Assange in London

JILL LAWLESS / The Associated Press Feb 22, 2020 Famous Britons join the crowd protesting U.S. espionage charges against the founder of WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children’s Data

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2020 State official says information being mined at schools includes locations, websites visited, videos watched, passwords and contact lists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Racism Goes Well Beyond Stop-and-Frisk

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 17, 2020 In 2011, he told "PBS NewsHour" that many black and Latino men “don’t know how to behave in the workplace.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saudi Prince Implicated in Bezos’ Phone Hack, U.N. Experts Say

AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2020 An immediate inquiry is sought amid findings Mohammed bin Salman appears to have had access to Washington Post owner's private messages. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Has No Idea What ‘Deep State’ Really Means

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jan 14, 2020 Rather than a “shadow or parallel system of government” operating outside official channels, for him the deep state is the government. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: America Has Built a Global Dystopia

Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 10, 2020 In the first installment of a two-part interview, Robert Scheer meets the renowned thinker for the first time to discuss world politics. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )