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Despite promises to allow Guantánamo prisoners to speak more freely about their experiences there, the U.S. government is still blocking the release of over 100 pages of notes and diaries from torture victim Abu […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping is arriving at the White House for a state visit with President Obama today, where Xi is expected to commit to implementing a cap-and-trade system to limit China’s greenhouse gas e […]

Climate change has been a key focus of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States. During his address to Congress on Thursday, the pope said, “Now is the time for courageous actions and strategies, aimed at i […]

During his speech before Congress, Pope Francis highlighted the work of four “great” Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. “A nation can be considered great when […]

Pope Francis has arrived in New York, where he will speak at the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday he became the first pope ever to address a joint session of Congress. He urged nations to adopt the […]

Pope Arrives in New York to Address the U.N. General AssemblyColombia Gov’t & FARC Announce Historic Breakthrough in Peace TalksVolkswagen to Fire 3 Executives as Emissions Scandal GrowsChina to Implement […]

THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program: Record the website browsing habits of “every visible user on the Internet.”
Before long, billions of digital records about ordinary people’s onlin […]

Two more prisoners have left Guantanamo Bay in the last week, a sign of the Obama administration’s piecemeal efforts to empty  the prison before the end of his presidency.
But one of those men, a  47- […]

Writing a letter with a pen has an odd feeling in a digital age. You pick your words carefully, without a delete key. You urge your hands to recall their best handwriting. You ponder about forms of address and […]

The Supreme Court, in its Citizens United decision, ruled that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts in elections. Now politicians in Kentucky are claiming they have a […]

Inspired by the disclosures of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, a campaign for a new global treaty against government mass surveillance was launched today in New York City.
Entitled the “The International T […]

Pope Francis on Thursday gently scolded Congress on a variety of issues, from immigration to foreign policy, but on one unexpected topic — the weapons sales that fuel armed conflicts around the world — he cou […]

Activists Targeted by Governments Need Support From Global Digital CommunitySan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today launched the Offline project, a campaign devoted to digital h […]

Patent trolls are a tax on innovation. The classic troll model doesn’t include transferring technology to create new products. Rather, trolls identify operating companies and demand payment for what companies a […]

A new report by InsideClimate News reveals how oil giant ExxonMobil’s own research confirmed the role of fossil fuels in global warming decades ago. By 1977, Exxon’s own senior experts had begun to warn the bur […]

During his speech before Congress today, Pope Francis highlighted the work of four “great” Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. “In these times when social concerns are so […]

The pope’s visit has also drawn criticism over his position on women’s leadership within the church. Seven activists have been arrested in a civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., to call for Pope Francis to rec […]

Pope Francis heads to Capitol Hill today to become the first pope ever to address Congress. On Wednesday, he spoke at the White House, then addressed hundreds of U.S. bishops at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. He later c […]

Pope Francis Becomes First Pope Ever to Address Congress7 Arrested Calling on Pope to Recognize Women’s Right to Be OrdainedDaughter of Undocumented Parents Delivers Letter to Pope FrancisCEO of Volkswagen Resigns […]

The battle over an obscure yet important regulatory agency heated up on Wednesday as the progressive activist organization Credo demanded that SEC Chair Mary Jo White recuse herself from selecting the next head of […]