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Feb 13, 2019

New Hampshire Law Illegally Targets Young Voters Ahead of 2020 Primary

The New Hampshire 2020 primary is still almost a year away, but state legislators are already working to disenfranchise voters. HB 1264, a law set to go into effect in July 2019, will change the definition...

Feb 4, 2019

The Supreme Court Is Considering Whether the Government Can Dodge the First Amendment by Outsourcing Its Power

The First Amendment bars the government from censoring speech that it doesn’t like. That rule also goes for a private organization that takes on a government role. But when exactly is an organization...

Feb 4, 2019

High School Could Have Been Hell for My Transgender Son. Don't Make It Hell for the Next Kid.

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Jan 25, 2019

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are at Odds on the Dangers of Face Recognition. One of Them Is on the Right Path.

This was originally published by USA Today.

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This was originally published by USA Today.

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Surveillance camera mounted on a ceiling

Jan 23, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. Offers a Lesson on Why We Should Be Worried About Amazon and the FBI

This was originally published by Rolling Stone.

As FBI director J. Edgar Hoover became...

This was originally published by Rolling Stone.

As FBI director J. Edgar Hoover became...

Rev. Martin Luther King, head-and-shoulders portrait, seated, facing front, hands extended upward, during a press conference

Jan 17, 2019

The FBI ‘Can Neither Confirm nor Deny’ That It Monitors Your Social Media Posts

In recent years, the federal government has significantly ramped up its efforts to monitor people on social media. The FBI, for one, has repeatedly acknowledged that it engages in surveillance of social...