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2015, the hottest on record, was also the year ExxonMobil was caught in a more than three-decade lie. Internal documents revealed Exxon knew that fossil fuels cause global warming in the 1970s, but hid that […]

Comedian Bill Cosby Charged with Sexual AssaultHundreds Evacuated in Missouri as Death Toll from Flooding RisesIslamophobic Attacks Reported in Las Vegas, New York and Fresno, CAChicago: Emanuel Announces Reforms […]

In mid-October, the Tor Project had an opportunity to interview Edward Snowden. Below are key excerpts from the conversation.

Tor: What would you say to a non-technical person about why they should support […]

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the NSA under President Obama targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top aides for surveillance. In the process, the agency ended up […]

The federal government’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has released new numbers detailing how America’s incarcerated population — already the world’s largest — grew even bigger in 2014.
The bureau’s researchers […]

Corporations that make digital devices and software used by millions around the world for work, play and school had a spotty record of protecting that data in 2015. Because companies are responsible for […]

As another year goes by without action from Congress, patent trolls have returned in record numbers. The first half of 2015 saw an unprecedented number of patents suits, with most of the growth fueled by patent […]

In the nation’s biggest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill, a runaway natural gas leak above Los Angeles has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane. Thousands of residents in the community of P […]

A top official at pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson dismissed questions on a recent earnings call about the drug price reform debate in Washington, saying that the company is “responsible” in its pric […]

Puerto Rico is just days away from the biggest municipal bond default in U.S. history, and Congress is doing nothing to stop it. The U.S. territory faces a January 1 deadline to pay bondholders around $1 billion, […]

A new Reuters exposé shows the Pentagon has thwarted the Obama administration’s efforts to close Guantánamo by imposing bureaucratic hurdles to delay or derail prisoners’ release. The Pentagon has even meddl […]

In the nearly seven years since President Obama ordered Guantánamo’s closure, Republicans have blocked him at every turn. Now a new report sheds light on another obstacle in Obama’s way: his own Pentagon. Acco […]

New York Times: Rich Have Built Their Own “Private Tax System”Chicago: Officer Van Dyke Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering Laquan McDonaldMissouri: Death Toll of Devastating Flooding Rises to 13Storm Hurtling Toward […]

EFF, ACLU, and ACLU of Maryland filed an amicus brief today in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in the first case in the country (that we know of) where a judge has thrown out evidence obtained as a result of […]

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has assailed Bernie Sanders for supporting a small payroll tax increase to finance paid leave (the FAMILY Act) and universal health care. Her top domestic policy adviser, Ann O […]

A Connecticut newspaper reporter has resigned after alleging gross misconduct by ownership on behalf of billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. Steve Collins has worked at The Bristol Press for more than two […]

Tamir Rice was the youngest victim in a series of well-known cases of police killings of unarmed African Americans—and the latest whose death led to no charges against the officers involved. “There needs to be a c […]

After the grand jury’s decision not to indict, Tamir Rice’s mother Samaria Rice accused the prosecutor of “deliberately sabotag[ing] the case, never advocating for my son, and acting instead like the police off […]

An Ohio grand jury has decided there will be no charges in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old African-American boy Tamir Rice. On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice was playing with a toy pellet gun in a Cleveland park. […]

No Indictment in Cleveland Police Shooting of 12-Year-Old Tamir RiceChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Returns from Cuba amid Calls for ResignationExtreme Weather Continues to Ravage Parts of U.S.Nigeria: At Least 80 […]