Friends of Mayor Densmore

Fourteen years ago, California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee Barbara Lee cast the sole dissenting vote against the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, she took to the floor of the […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have called for a “pause” in the U.S. program accepting Syrian refugees. Meanwhile, governors of at least 27 U.S. states have said they will not […]

So far this year, more than 800,000 asylum seekers and refugees have arrived in Europe by sea. Human Rights Watch has just produced a short video capturing the harrowing journey to Europe. “Desperate Journey: […]

Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris have set off a storm of calls to close borders and reject refugees fleeing Syria, where over 4 million people have already left the war-torn country. President Obama said any a […]

France: 7 Detained, 2 Killed in Raid Seeking Paris Attack SuspectReport: Russia Bombed 10 Medical Facilities in SyriaGOP Lawmakers Call for Pausing Syrian Refugee ProgramParis Climate March in Doubt amid […]

If you live in San Francisco (or spend much time on social media) you probably saw a lot of discussion last month about Proposition F, a controversial proposal to regulate short-term property rental services like […]

The U.S. Department of Education is considering a rule change that would make the educational resources the Department funds a lot more accessible to educators and students—not just in the U.S., but around the w […]

This is an interview with a Tor developer who works on hidden services. Please note that Tor Browser and hidden services are two different things. Tor Browser (downloadable at TorProject.org) allows you to […]

New Copyright Bot Raises Questions About Fair Use and Privacy
In general, Facebook has some pretty decent copyright policies. If you upload content to Facebook and it’s removed because of a bogus takedown r […]

Despite the intelligence community’s attempts to blame NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the tragic attacks in Paris on Friday, the NSA’s mass surveillance programs do not have a track record—before or after […]

IN A STATEMENT PUBLISHED in its online magazine, Dabiq, this February, the militant group the Islamic State warned that “Muslims in the West will soon find themselves between one of two choices.” Weeks earlie […]

Yesterday, the New York Times published an article that was deeply alarming from the headline to the last line: “After Paris Attacks, a Darker Mood Toward Islam Emerges in France.” It describes how the rela […]

There are growing reports of Islamophobic attacks since Friday’s massacre in Paris. Just hours after the Paris assault, a caller left a voicemail laced with racial slurs for the Islamic Society of Pinellas C […]

In the wake of Friday’s attacks in Paris, governors of at least 27 U.S. states have said they will not accept Syrian refugees. A Syrian passport which appears to be fake was found near the body of one of the P […]

On Sunday more than 1,000 people overflowed a ballroom at California State University, Long Beach to honor Nohemí González, the 23-year-old student who was shot dead on Friday during the Paris attacks. González wa […]

Oxford researcher Lydia Wilson discusses interviewing members of ISIS held prisoner at a police station of Kirkuk, Iraq. “They are children of the occupation, many with missing fathers at crucial periods (through […]

Two days after the Paris attacks, President Obama met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman for a bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Turkey on Sunday. The following day, the Pentagon revealed the U.S. State Department h […]

France and Russia have staged a series of new airstrikes on the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Russia announced earlier today it would intensify strikes in Syria […]

Russia Confirms Bomb Brought Down Plane, Killing 224French President Seeks Expansion of State Power After AttacksBritain to Hire 1,900 New Spies After Paris AttacksCIA Director Claims Leaks Made It Harder to Find […]

On November 19, the Moroccan government will put seven activists on trial as part of its ongoing crackdown on journalists and human rights defenders.
EFF has joined a coalition of human rights organizations, […]