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• Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home

  By theintercept on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Kavitha Kasargod-Staub was looking forward to sending her two kids back to elementary school this fall. After a year of remote learning in Washington, D.C., her kids spent the summer attending day camp. “I’m certainly not in the group of… Read More ›

• Democracy Now! 2021-10-25 Monday

  By democracynow on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Democracy Now! 2021-10-25 Monday Headlines for October 25, 2021 Rep. Ro Khanna Slams Conservative Democrats for Holding Back Build Back Better Plan Rep. Ro Khanna, Grandson of Activist Jailed with Gandhi Movement, Decries Facebook’s Role in India Free Julian Assange:… Read More ›

• The Psychological Tolls and Moral Hazards of Drone Warfare

  By theintercept on October 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  On what would be the last day of his life, Zemari Ahmadi, an employee of a U.S.-based NGO, was being watched by a remote crew piloting a Predator drone above the skies of Kabul, Afghanistan. As Ahmadi went about his… Read More ›

• As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies

  By theintercept on October 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In June 2010, the body of Sen. Robert Byrd lay in repose on the floor of the U.S. Senate, offering his colleagues a final opportunity to pay their respects. For years, Byrd had lorded over West Virginia politics, and he… Read More ›

• Ro Khanna on Reconciliation

  By theintercept on October 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

    As the negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping budget reconciliation bill drag on, Democrats are struggling to find a set of compromises that will satisfy congressional progressives while still securing the votes of intransigent senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten… Read More ›

• Palestinian Rights Groups That Document Israeli Abuses Labeled "Terrorists" by Israel

  By theintercept on October 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  An order signed by Israel’s defense minister on Friday designated six leading Palestinian human rights groups “terror organizations,” marking an escalation in Israel’s effort to deprive independent agencies that document Israeli military abuses in the occupied territories of funding from… Read More ›

• John Gilmore Leaves the EFF Board, Becomes Board Member Emeritus

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Since he helped found EFF 31 years ago, John Gilmore has provided leadership and guidance on many of the most important digital rights issues we advocate for today. But in recent years, we have not seen eye-to-eye on how to… Read More ›

• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is the Dying Scream of the Corporate Democratic Party

  By theintercept on October 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Kyrsten Sinema might be on the young side for a senator — less than half the age of some of her colleagues — but she represents the Democratic Party’s past. Think of her and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as the… Read More ›

• Police Can’t Demand You Reveal Your Phone Passcode and Then Tell a Jury You Refused

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Utah Supreme Court is the latest stop in EFF’s roving campaign to establish your Fifth Amendment right to refuse to provide your password to law enforcement. Yesterday, along with the ACLU, we filed an amicus brief in State v…. Read More ›

• Victory! Oakland’s City Council Unanimously Approves Communications Choice Ordinance

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Oakland residents shared the stories of their personal experience; a broad coalition of advocates, civil society organizations, and local internet service providers (ISPs) lifted their voices; and now the Oakland City Council has unanimously passed Oakland’s Communications Service Provider Choice… Read More ›

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