Friends of Mayor Densmore

Law Allows DNA Collection From Arrestees Before They’re Charged, ConvictedSan Francisco—Californians who’ve merely been arrested and not charged, much less convicted of a crime, have a right to privacy when it co […]

SHARDS OF BLUE, RED, AND GREEN stained glass, remnants of an intricate crescent window that is a 4,000-year-old Yemeni art form, glitter in the sunlight before crunching underfoot. Atop a mound of dust and mud […]

The Paris attacks took place on Friday night. Since then, France’s president has vowed “war” on ISIS and today significantly escalated the country’s bombing campaign in Syria (France has been bombing ISIS in I […]

Reports of Islamophobia have already emerged following the Paris attacks, and fears of attacks on Muslims in Paris have risen. After al-Qaeda-linked gunmen attacked the magazine Charlie Hebdo in January, there […]

At Saturday’s debate, Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred over the U.S. role in the rise of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. “I would argue that the disastrous i […]

In retaliation for Friday’s attacks in Paris, France launched its heaviest airstrikes yet against the Syrian city of Raqqa, which has long served as the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic State. F […]

Authorities said they believed the Paris attacks were carried out by eight assailants, several of whom were French nationals, working in three teams. Seven of the men died in the attacks. A massive manhunt is […]

France has entered a third day of mourning after a string of suicide bombings and shootings targeted restaurants, a concert hall and the national soccer stadium on Friday night. The simultaneous attacks killed 129 […]

France Intensifies Strikes in Syria After Paris Attacks Kill 129Scores of Raids in France, Belgium amid Search for Paris SuspectPoland, U.S. States Oppose Refugee Resettlement After AttacksAfter Paris Attacks, […]

IN A STATEMENT issued Saturday morning, the terrorist group the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the six coordinated attacks that hit Paris on Friday evening, stating that they had been conducted a […]

Whistleblowers are always accused of helping America’s enemies (top Nixon aides accused Daniel Ellsberg of being a Soviet spy and causing the deaths of Americans with his leak); it’s just the tactical playbook tha […]

THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE Forensic Science Division finds itself embroiled in scandal as newly released emails paint a picture of a crime lab in turmoil over how to classify marijuana. Attorneys and medical […]

FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE declared a national emergency Friday night after a series of shootings, explosions, and a mass hostage taking left more than 128 dead in Paris. “As I speak, terrorist attacks of […]

Internet users generally think of YouTube as a platform where, if you play by the copyright rules, the content you post is safe from takedown and, if it’s taken down improperly, you have some recourse. But that’s […]

Last month, EFF and I scored a major victory for video game archiving, preservation and play – we got an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for some archival activities related to video g […]

EFF has long fought for the public’s right to use federal and state public records laws to uncover controversial and illegal law enforcement techniques. That’s why we filed an amicus brief in a federal app […]

A Texas jury’s recent decision to award over $5 million in damages and fees for the fraudulent foreclosure of a single home suggests that the big banks could have been on the hook for as much as $32 trillion — bef […]

After a two-day battle, Kurdish forces announced today that they had liberated the strategic Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State. The forces consisted of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga and militias affiliated with th […]

A relatively small handful of federal contractors are responsible for the lion’s share of the $92 billion in fines, settlements, and court judgements assessed  for defrauding taxpayers and other forms of co […]

In a week that began with a victorious revolt by African-American students at the University of Missouri and brought solidarity rallies to campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at Ithaca […]