On Tuesday, July 16, at an event in Atlanta, ex-president Jimmy Carter made his blockbuster statement referring to, among other issues, the mass surveillance
Category: Civil liberties
Why is Medicaid a state program?
We repeatedly hear that this state or that state is cutting back on Medicaid eligibility and benefits. For most progressives, it’s insulting. For anyone
The gap between what’s legal and what’s just
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan recently wrote a piece about how a cross engraved on the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium “gave him
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden was right to leave the U.S.
Snowden did what he did because he recognised the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are: dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’