Data, Privacy, and the Surveillance State

Comic-Con: Pokémon Go Is ‘Totalitarianism,’ Says Oliver Stone (July 21, 2016)


WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer) (September 18, 2016)


The Wiretrap Rooms: The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities (June 25, 2018)

 

 

 

Prison tech company is questioned for retaining 'voice prints' of people presumed innocent (February 12, 2019)


Leaked files: private spying firm targets global population with illegal spyware (December 6, 2022)

 

TWITTER: ACLU: We just released hundreds of documents showing how Arizona created a nationwide surveillance program to track Americans’ personal money transfers. (January 18, 2023)

 

 

 

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring (March 12, 2025)

 

 

 

LAPD surveilled Gaza protests using this social media tool (March 17, 2025)

‘Data is control’: what we learned from a year investigating the Israeli military’s ties to big tech (December 30, 2025)

Cop City Data and Kalshi Crisis (March 6, 2026)

From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched (March 11, 2026)

How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir (March 31, 2026)

AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried. (April 26, 2026)

Chomsky speaks

How America's Great University System Is Being Destroyed (February 4, 2014)

College Education in the United States

The digital revolution in higher education has already happened. No one noticed. (November 6, 2015)


OECD: The US Has Fallen Behind Other Countries In College Completion (September 9, 2014)


Humanities teach students to think. Where would we be without them? (May 12, 2017)


How Higher Education in the US Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps (October 15, 2012)


The Humanities Are in Crisis (August 23, 2018)


The Anti-College Is on the Rise (June 8, 2019)


How elite colleges fail half of the poor students they admit (June 17, 2019)


The Surreal End of an American College (June 18, 2019)


The Revenge of the Poverty-Stricken College Professors Is Underway in Florida. And It's Big. (June 19, 2019)


A Case Against the STEM Rush (February 3, 2020)


The Nonprofit College That Spends More on Marketing Than Financial Aid (January 12, 2022)

Healthcare, college education, and childcare started getting worse decades ago. Now we're all finally feeling it. (April 8, 2023)