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AS NEGOTIATORS LABORED to strike an international climate agreement in Paris, climate and war refugees in the north of France, shunned by the French government and European authorities, continued to perish. On a […]

Filmmaker and journalist Theopi Skarlatos came to her reporting on the Greek economic crisis from a unique angle — as both an insider and outsider. Though Greek by heritage, she grew up in the United Kingdom, o […]

A former Oklahoma City police officer is facing life in prison for the serial rapes of African-American women. An all-white jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw last week of rape and other crimes against eight of the […]

Few things produce darker and more warped comedy than when the U.S. government launches new propaganda campaigns to “win the hearts and minds of Muslims.” Remember when George W. Bush dispatched his longtime poli […]

President Obama has claimed progress in fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State, while urging U.S. allies to do more. On Monday, Obama touted the gains of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq and Syria while […]

Obama: “We Are Hitting ISIL Harder Than Ever”Philippines Typhoon: 3 Killed, Nearly 800,000 EvacuatedEthiopia: At Least 5 Killed amid Crackdown on Student ProtestsYemen Peace Talks Open; U.S.-Backed Strikes Kill 19 […]

Rabbi Rob Thomas, founder and CEO of Team Cymru, is a member of The Tor Project’s Board of Directors, and a loud and proud advocate for Tor and our first fundraising campaign.
Rabbi Rob and his wife have […]

THERE’S NO SUBJECT ON EARTH, with the possible exception of sex, that human beings find more inherently fascinating than money. Yet somehow most of the movies about the 2008 financial collapse have been as ent […]

In a victory for millions of people in the U.S. who have placed telephone calls to locations overseas, EFF and Human Rights Watch have confirmed that the Drug Enforcement Administration’s practice of collecting t […]

In a rare senatorial act, full-time Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio joined with a handful of fellow legislators on Friday in an attempt to block local municipalities from undercutting big telecom […]

POWER CIRCULATES DIFFERENTLY in the digital age. It’s all about controlling the digital traces — collecting, mining, sharing, exposing, delaying, or erasing the data. Inevitably, some handling will occur in ord […]

The growing frequency of mass shootings has done little to change the political stalemate over guns in Washington, with gun rights and gun control groups each declaring that the latest massacre — for now, the on […]

While representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered inside the COP21 on Saturday to hammer out the final details of the climate agreement, climate justice activists and civil society groups took to the streets […]

In what’s been described as a historic turning point, nearly 200 nations agreed in Paris Saturday to a global accord to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions blamed for warming the planet. The accord was r […]

Nations Reach Climate Deal in Paris; Protesters Say It’s Not EnoughFrench National Front Fails to Win Any Regions in 2nd RoundGermany: 69 Officers Injured amid Protest Against Neo-NazisSaudi Arabia: 20 Women […]

JUST HOURS INTO A TERRORIST ATTACK that started on the evening of Nov. 13, and would eventually claim 130 lives, François Hollande announced that France was reestablishing border controls, and used a 1955 law to […]

This week in the United States:
Arson at a Palm Springs mosque:

Two hijab-wearing Muslim women attacked in Tampa:

Far-right “patriot” group protesting a mosque in Dallas:

The Ku Klux Klan vows to “fi […]

Here comes another stable release!
Tor version 0.2.7.6 fixes a major bug in entry guard selection, as well as a minor bug in hidden service reliability. (For more information on the guard bug, see Roger’s […]

At long last, I am thrilled to announce that our executive director search is now successful! And what a success it is: we have our good friend Shari Steele, who led EFF for 15 years, coming on board to lead […]

I am honored to be joining the Tor Project today as the new Executive Director. I’ve been a big fan of Tor for a long time—ever since I met founders Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson in 2004 and learned a […]