Friends of Mayor Densmore

As Flint residents are forced to drink, cook with and even bathe in bottled water, while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county for their poisoned water, we turn to a little-known story about […]

To learn more about how how Flint ended up with an unelected emergency manager, we spoke with Flint City Councilmember Eric Mays. Eleven months ago, in March 2015, the City Council voted seven to one on his […]

In October 2014, General Motors recognized the Flint water was corroding its engines. They got permission from the city’s unelected emergency manager–who was appointed by Republican Governor Rick Snyder–to disco […]

Today, we go to Flint, Michigan, for a Democracy Now! special on the ongoing Flint water crisis. In 2014, an unelected emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder switched the source of the […]

Obama Says He Will Tap “Indisputably Qualified” Candidate for Supreme CourtPoll Shows Sanders, Clinton Tied in Nevada Ahead of CaucusU.N. Says Yemen Faces “Humanitarian Catastrophe” with Over 6,000 DeadCuba and […]

We learned on Tuesday evening that a U.S. federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to backdoor an iPhone that was used by one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino shootings in December. Apple is fighting the […]

A “notice” slapped on the outside of a package saying “single use only” continues to ensure a manufacturer selling you the product can sue for patent infringement should someone dare reuse its goods. This is what […]

WHEN THE BULLDOZERS ARRIVED, the refugees had already moved their shacks and damp sleeping bags to other crowded areas of the refugee squat known as the Jungle. Left behind were stiff tangles of clothing, […]

THE U.K. GOVERNMENT today announced that it is now illegal for “local [city] councils, public bodies, and even some university student unions … to refuse to buy goods and services from companies involved in the […]

Americans love to mock the British for choosing — in the 21st century — to live under a monarchy and honor the hereditary succession of a royal family. I enthusiastically participate in that derision. Few concept […]

In a Black History Month special, we remember the life and legacy of the legendary poet, playwright and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. For the first time, a documentary has chronicled her remarkable life. She […]

More Republicans Join Vow to Block Supreme Court Justice Nominee4 U.S. Journalists Released from Detention in BahrainEgypt: Investigator in Italian Student’s Death Previously Tied to Torture, KillingBernie Sanders […]

A new alpha Tor Browser release is available for download in the 6.0a2 distribution directory and on the alpha download page.
This release features important security updates to Firefox. Users on the security […]

A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 6.0a2-hardened distribution directory and on the download page for hardened builds.
This release features important security updates to […]

REALLY,” SAYS ILYA DANISHEVSKY. “I do anything I want.”
Really?
Really, he insists. Danishevsky has an I’m-on-top-of-the-world demeanor that is rapidly going out of style in Moscow. He wears a hipster beard a […]

A coalition of union presidents, activists, actors, professors and others have launched the “Stop Hate, Dump Trump” campaign “to end hatred, fear mongering, bullying, racism in America.” We speak to movement […]

At Saturday’s Republican debate in Greenville, South Carolina, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush had a tense exchange over former President George W. Bush’s record in Iraq. “Obviously, the war in Iraq was a big, fat mis […]

We talk about the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the leading conservative voice on the Supreme Court for decades. “What’s not really being said as much as it should be is just how devastating h […]

Nearly 30 years ago, Antonin Scalia was approved by the Senate in a unanimous vote. Analysts are projecting a much tougher road for the next nominee. We look at four potential nominees: California Attorney General […]