Category: Politics

The revival of populist ideology across the Americas and Europe prompts this thought piece from two continents.

“The Snowden leaks caused a sea change in the policy landscape related to surveillance,” writes watchdog, from the recent passage of the USA Freedom Act to the coming showdown in Congress over Section 702. Lauren McCauley reports.

Islamophobia has become a significant factor driving politics in many western countries. Robert Burrowes explains how it comes down to the elite.

Last month’s meeting of the African Feminist Forum shows that progress happens slowly but surely. Jessica Horn writes.

Aaron Bady looks into Yuri Herrera’s novel, Signs Preceding the End of the World and tries to find the elusive borderland.

A new Electronic Frontier Foundation report maps legal threats to free expression from around the Arab World.

Policies that should simply have been health strategies, have actually opened the door to a punitive system which has accelerated violence, socio-economic gaps, and international asymmetries. Can we close ‘Pandora’s box’? Luciana Pol writes.

Dean Baker lays out the greed motive behind poisoning the city of Flint, Michigan.

The right to an anonymous vote is a cornerstone of the U.S. democratic process. But in the land of Big Data voting is another opportunity for surveillance. Dave Maass tells you how to be on guard.

Israeli and international businesses play a large role in sustaining the settlement enterprise, building, financing, and servicing the settlements, and operating out of them. Shawan Jabarin reports.