Tag: US Freedom Act
A Misleading Moment of Celebration for a New Surveillance Program
The final passage of the USA Freedom Act has many civil-liberties credentials rejoicing. But why is it that people in Europe and elsewhere, who care about civil liberties and want true press freedom, look to the U.S. surveillance state?
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Biden wants to prevent a strong primary challenge. He shouldn’t get away with it.
A president is not a party’s king, and he has no automatic right to renomination.
Former Superfund Site becomes largest landfill solar farm in North America
The project is just one example of an innovative trend turning symptoms of throwaway culture into sites for generating renewable energy.
We just can’t wait for world leaders to fix our broken food system
When global leaders won’t save our food system, cities take the lead.
Tax the rich? We did that once
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
Ultimate rightwing transgression: the mockery of politics as a preposterous joke
The Big Lie is "yoked to an older deception, without which it could not survive: the idea that American politics is a joke," attackable without consequences.